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title: "1 Truth Fiction Quotes By Philip Sington"
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> [I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not expected or required. You may easily disguise it, so that it is only recognized much later, when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/i-have-found-that-in-fiction-one-is-freer-to-speak-the-truth-if-only/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

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## More by Philip Sington

> [I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not expected or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/i-have-found-that-in-fiction-one-is-freer-to-speak-the-truth-if-only/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/we-drank-our-coffee-the-russian-way-that-is-to-say-we-had-vodka/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [“Her hair, just long enough now to tie back in a knot, had a coppery sheen, a hint of fire in the darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/her-hair-just-long-enough-now-to-tie-back-in-a-knot-had-a-coppery/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/desire-is-an-appetite-quickly-sated-longing-is-a-wound-an-opening-in/)

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> [“…it seemed to Kirsch that the most reliable guide to the mental landscape of a patient was the patient himself. He was better placed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/it-seemed-to-kirsch-that-the-most-reliable-guide-to-the-mental/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/one-of-the-joys-of-being-in-love-is-that-it-clarifies-your-priorities/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [“The wind funnelled down the covered platform, jostling the passengers and tearing at their clothes. A woman's scarf whipped by overhead, somersaulting as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/the-wind-funnelled-down-the-covered-platform-jostling-the-passengers/)

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> [And then they would watch her closely as the dark, coagulated masses took form before her eyes, became flesh and bone, became gradually human.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/and-then-they-would-watch-her-closely-as-the-dark-coagulated-masses/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [“He reached into the grate, picked out a couple of scraps, smoothed them out, leaning close to the flickering light. He was curious to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/he-reached-into-the-grate-picked-out-a-couple-of-scraps-smoothed-them/)

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> [I was already at an age when putting off anything was a bad idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/i-was-already-at-an-age-when-putting-off-anything-was-a-bad-idea/)

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> [The future can always wait so long as the here-and-now is rapturous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/the-future-can-always-wait-so-long-as-the-here-and-now-is-rapturous/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [All writers are insecure, the male ones especially. It's well known. Why else would they spend so much time on make-believe? They're only happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/all-writers-are-insecure-the-male-ones-especially-it-s-well-known-why/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

> [The railway was part scalpel, part movie camera, slicing the city open, parading its inner workings at fifty frames per second. It was on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/the-railway-was-part-scalpel-part-movie-camera-slicing-the-city-open/)

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> [One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/one-thing-i-knew-about-the-novelist-s-task-when-in-doubt-write-when/)

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> [“Problems are there to be solved. How dull life would be without them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/problems-are-there-to-be-solved-how-dull-life-would-be-without-them/)

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