The stories we tell about the past shape who we become. - Wendy Doniger

"The stories we tell about the past shape who we become."

Wendy Doniger Change

Historian of Religion American Born 1940 (age 86)

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"Mythology is not a lie; mythology is a way of understanding the world"

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"

"Texts are not sacred; people are sacred"

"Change brings new opportunities."

"Every day is a new opportunity."

"Healing doesn't mean forgetting."

"You either get better or you get bitter."