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We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gottschall, Jonathan<\/strong>. The Storytelling Animal, How Stories Make Us Human.<\/em> New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. (via carvalhais<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories. Gottschall, Jonathan. The Storytelling Animal, How Stories Make Us Human. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. 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