Crude Quote by Declan Donnellan

“But we never tell the truth. We cannot properly 'tell' the truth, because our words are crude tools to express something, 'the truth', which may well exist, but which we cannot define.” quote by Declan Donnellan — Download Open image

“But we never tell the truth. We cannot properly 'tell' the truth, because our words are crude tools to express something, 'the truth', which may well exist, but which we cannot define.”

Declan Donnellan

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