An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored, and that instead of complaining about it they sat up all night and invented the game of chess so that everyone else in the world, on evenings when there is nothing to do, can also be bored by the perplexing and tedious game they invented.
Lemony SnicketIt is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.
Lemony SnicketThe thinner the excuse, the fatter the reason for it.
Jerry ScottThe higher you rise, the dirtier it gets.
J.M. AugustTag: truths modern-world
in my opinion if you have a secret compartment in your lute case and don't use it to hide things, there is something terribly, terribly wrong with you.
Patrick RothfussAll stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.
Vera NazarianTag: wisdom imagination truth future reality power world stories change power-of-words literature fantasy fiction story storytelling responsibility true change-the-world voice storytellers truths narrative story-telling shaping storyteller narrator responsible voice-of-wisdom
Never make the mistake of thinking that alcoholics are weak, because it took an incredible amount of internal strength and conviction in order for me to keep drinking despite the growing mountain of evidence against it.
Mishka ShubalyTag: truths
No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.
Friedrich NietzscheOne thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
SocratesTag: truths
Fact is just fiction with different storytellers
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