John Steinbeck quote: If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting ...

If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting--only the deeply personal and familiar.

~ John Steinbeck ~

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