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Jonathan Gottschall Quotes

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.

Jonathan Gottschall (2012). “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life.

Jonathan Gottschall (2012). “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard.

Jonathan Gottschall (2012). “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.

"A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

I'm living in the heart of gun culture, but I'm not a gun guy. I didn't grow up with them; I was never a hunter; my dad was never a hunter.

"A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.