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> [“And yet--we wonder. What if how we are told it happened is not how it happened? What if the story we have been told is just that? A story. Not the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/and-yet-we-wonder-what-if-how-we-are-told-it-happened-is-not-how-it/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

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## More by Michael Hainey

> [Each of us has a creation tale - how we came into this world. And I'll add this: each of us has an uncreation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/each-of-us-has-a-creation-tale-how-we-came-into-this-world-and-i-ll/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [“If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” —THE MAXIM OF CHICAGO NEWSPAPERMEN, ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD “EULIE” H. EULENBERG, REPORTER AND NIGHT…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/if-your-mother-says-she-loves-you-check-it-out-the-maxim-of-chicago/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [The past gives you no justice. Sentences are passed. But that doesn't mean you get justice. You can stand there forever and rail and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/the-past-gives-you-no-justice-sentences-are-passed-but-that-doesn-t/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [“My mother is the half-hugger. Whenever I see her, she can only give me a one-armed hug. It's like having that guy from "The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/my-mother-is-the-half-hugger-whenever-i-see-her-she-can-only-give-me/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [Fear is the trick of the enemy. And your enemy comes in many robes. But he has only one face. You know his face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/fear-is-the-trick-of-the-enemy-and-your-enemy-comes-in-many-robes-but/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [“And in that moment I think, I want to be that man. The dead man, I envy him. I want his power. The power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/and-in-that-moment-i-think-i-want-to-be-that-man-the-dead-man-i-envy/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [It is our human need - to circle back to the station of our sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/it-is-our-human-need-to-circle-back-to-the-station-of-our-sorrow/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [“And yet--we wonder. What if how we are told it happened is not how it happened? What if the story we have been told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/and-yet-we-wonder-what-if-how-we-are-told-it-happened-is-not-how-it/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth - necessity is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/it-s-true-that-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-but-for-those-of/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

> [“So often I wonder, do all brothers end up at Kitty Hawk? Flipping a coin to write history. One will fly. The other stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/so-often-i-wonder-do-all-brothers-end-up-at-kitty-hawk-flipping-a/)

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> [“Life, I learned then, belongs not to the just but to those who do whatever they must do in order to maintain their vision…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hainey/life-i-learned-then-belongs-not-to-the-just-but-to-those-who-do/)

[Michael Hainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hainey/)

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