Nothing new has ever happened to a son of Adam, she said. E… - Laila Lalami

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Nothing new has ever happened to a son of Adam, she said. Everything has already been lived and everything has already been told. If only we listened to the stories. (p52)

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Laila Lalami (born 1968) is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor.

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