Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.

It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers.

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This quote suggests that the reason both the speaker and their sister became writers is not a coincidence. The speaker attributes their creative inclination to their upbringing in a household filled with great storytellers and a humor-filled environment. Growing up on a small family farm, isolated from the outside world and devoid of television, created a unique and insular bubble where imagination thrived. This environment, seemingly disconnected from reality, allowed the speaker and their sibling to cultivate their storytelling abilities, contributing to their career paths as writers.

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