We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

Joan Didion

The White Album

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Stories

Author

Joan Didion

Source

The White Album The White Album

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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United States

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Citation

Didion, Joan. "The White Album." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a. M. Of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

Joan Didion

On Keeping a Notebook

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Topic
Personal growth

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Joan Didion
Source
On Keeping a Notebook Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

Another quote from the 1970s

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Walter Benjamin

One Way Street

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Self-knowledge Happiness

Author

Walter Benjamin
Source
One Way Street
Language
German
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
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Original Citation

Benjamin, Walter. Einbahnstraße [One Way Street]. Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1928.

Current Citation

Benjamin, Walter. One-Way Street, translated by Edmund Jephcott, edited by Michael W. Jennings. Belknap Press, 2016.