Truths Quotes

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Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring truths… — Brigham Young
Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In… — Dean Koontz
We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual,… — Azar Nafisi
why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? — Bernhard Schlink
It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whole life's story on false assumptions.… — Deb Caletti
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show… — Jennifer Donnelly
After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths. — R C Sproul
Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary. — George R. R. Martin
Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods. Their ways are not meant for the humble likes of us. But we've decoded some of… — Darren Shan
While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so far: not only… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions:… — Eugene Ionesco
Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect â€” don't have anything to do with them. Do… — Ambrose Bierce
Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for… — Haruki Murakami
Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing… — Patrick Ness
Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,....Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again. — Jim Henson
When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life,… — Anne Lamott
Mitchell Sanders was right. For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel-the spiritual texture-of a great ghostly fog, thick and permanent. There is… — Tim O'Brien
Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth… — Dean Koontz
I want to learn how to hold the paradoxical poles of my identity together, to embrace the profoundly opposite truths that my sense of self… — Parker J. Palmer

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