Quote by Brian Evenson Download Open image ““Truth cannot be imparted," said Kline. "It must be inflicted.”” — Brian Evenson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.” — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
“It is not the truth that people cannot handle. It is the consequences that stem from that truth.” — J. K. Miller II Copy Share Image
“Thr truth is inconvertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.....” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Even truth becomes just another weapon of division and violence, when shared with impure motives and a defiled heart.” — Hope D. Blackwell Copy Share Image
“The most brutal truth Is the truth unspoken and Pain is spawned by a faulty connection.” — Matt Ferrara Copy Share Image
“It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a gentle lie was enough to remove the weight of a harsh truth. It’s not your fault” — C.J. Roberts Copy Share Image
“We find our own truth serums. we confess willingly, but only if we are able to blame it on something or someone else.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“Don’t be sorry for the truth. A harsh truth is less damaging than a tender lie, and the worst lies are the ones we… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“What was the truth? he wondered. How important was it to know? And once he knew, what then?” — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
Anything can happen: anything. Or nothing. Who can say? The world, monstrous, is made that way, and in the end consumes us all. Who… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
In Kamby Bolongo Mean River damage and delusion walk hand in hand, and everything we think we know is gradually called into question. Reading… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know?” — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
Philosophy does provide me a structure and a way of thinking. Religion - like the religion I grew up with, Mormonism - also provides… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Fiction is a set of observable manifestations, as represented and frozen in language, that triggers a profoundly subjective and individual experience. Ultimately, this is… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
Like a cross between Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions and Janice Lee's Damnation, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing is at once smart… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Still,” said Ramse. “You’re not much. You’re what you are and we love you for it, but you’re not much.” — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image