‘For anything to be meaningful, the world must make sense. The world must be orderly, and we must be able to locate ourselves in it.’

Brian Lowery, 2023 Selfless: The Social Creation of ‘You’, p. 193

‘Selves tell a story about the ways we relate to others. When we need to make sense of the world we tell a story about our selves.’

Brian Lowery, 2023 Selfless: The Social Creation of ‘You’, p. 196