Can anyone tell me what this quote means:

“after nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”― philip pullman

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain