Human life in the end is driven by stories. They are how we organize life most fundamentally. Absent a story, life turns into a meaningless sequence of random tasks and details. “This is the book of the toldot of Adam,” reads Genesis, with the Hebrew toldot meaning both “offspring” in the physical sense and “history” — the offspring of our interaction with others, the ongoing story which informs us of our purpose and the context of our lives.
– SHMUEL KLATZKIN