ALL LIFE STORIES ARE INTERESTING.

ALL LIFE STORIES ARE INTERESTING. Dan McAdams, who has in the course of his research read hundreds of stories that people have told about their lives, says that, “In all the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve heard maybe one boring life story.” People lead colorful, exciting lives, lives that could not be put into fiction because they would seem implausible.

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2 Responses to ALL LIFE STORIES ARE INTERESTING.

  1. Mary Jane says:

    This reminds me of Auden’s remark about how any marriage is more interesting than any love affair, probably because marriage is the stuff of life while a love affair is an incident. Sorry, “Bridges of Madison County” fans.

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