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The truth was stranger than the official fiction.

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Are you one of those people who uses words more for the sound than for the sense of them?

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Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth is, and truth...more

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People hide truths about themselves from themselves. Such self-deception is a coping mechanism, and to one extent or another, most people begin deceiv...more

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In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

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I don't know if this deception qualified as a half-step down the slippery slope. I had no sensation of sliding. But of course we never notice the desc...more

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What doesn't quicken dies. That's an indisputable truth of life.

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Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important th...more

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Anyway, in those years, I was happy, as to one extent or another I have always been happy. The forest was not a wilderness to me, but served instead a...more

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She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to cr...more

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...because wonder admits to the existence of mystery, and the recognition of mystery in the world allows the possibility of Truth.

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Although her eyes are neither golden nor heavenly blue, Terri Stambaugh has the vision of an angel, for she sees through you and knows your truest hea...more

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You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

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I'd always had an ear for beauty, and maybe I'd had an eye for it as well, but until that day, I'd not recognized that the truth in great music could ...more