Fiction in general holds little interest for me. Novels, in particular, arouse more suspicion than intrigue. It truly baffles me that any practitioner of make-believe should (especially in this day and age) feel the need to produce anything so gratuitous. The fact that certain examples of this fare can approach the length of your average dictionary seems inherently absurd.
Dan Garfat-PrattMots clés books writing fiction novels
The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything.
(attrib: E. Tancarville)
Mots clés truth knowledge confidence lying conning con-men
I believe it was Gorgias who was first to posit the impossibility of ever prooving anything - in which case, it might as well have been me to first propose this idea, just now.
Dan Garfat-PrattMots clés truth philosophy proof socrates gorgias
The prisoner of doubt ends his stint [through suicide], released to the custody of that final question mark which punctuates every life sentence.
Dan Garfat-PrattMots clés doubt death faith prison thought suicide crime
So it is that, just as nature abhors a vacuum, philosophy abhors an answer, for once the truth is truly attained, the game is truly up.
Dan Garfat-PrattMots clés truth philosophy philosophers games vacuums
One makes his own meanings as the counterfeiter prints his own money: both know full well that the value of either rests solely in the gullibility of its recipient...
Dan Garfat-PrattMots clés philosophy meaning currency counterfeiting
My head is a prison I’ve been locked in from the start,
So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play the part.
(attrib: E. Tancarville)
Mots clés mind prison psychology thought logic lyrics brain justification crime criminals epistomology
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