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"Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?" "I live." "Another?" Foamfollower returned. "In two words, a story sadder than the first. Say no more - with one word you will make me weep."

"Lord Foul's Bane: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Book One". Book by Stephen Donaldson, 2013.
Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant? Absently he replied, I was, once. And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt.