Quotes by Lewis Hyde, Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership

“We are each born into a situationa particular body (its race, sex, health...), a set of ancestors, a community, a nationand born into the stories told of each of these.”

“We are each born into a situation—a particular body (its race, sex, health...), a set of ancestors, a community, a nation—and born into the stories told of each of these.”