Books Quote by Tara Bray Smith

“There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.”

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Letters...People do not write the truth; they write the things that, they believe, you would like to read.”

— Henning Mankell

“It is the kernel of truth in every story that makes its writing beautiful beyond standards.”

— psyche roxas-mendoza

“But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.”

— Edward Abbey

“It’s necessary to admit that there's no universal truth about right and wrong when the subjects of your writings come rightly from your heart.”

— Frederick Vanderbuilt

“There is no praise or criticism that is a reliable truth. Only the experience of writing a book is reliable.”

— Anonymous

“... we read novels because they give us the comfortable sensation of living in worlds where the notion of truth is indisputable, while the…

— Umberto Eco

“Most authors would be the first to admit the best of their writing is beyond even them. It comes from someplace outside the conscious…

— K.M. Weiland

“I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that. If more…

— Richard Ford

“This is the thing about great literature. It reads like truth and sticks to you forever and lets you know that you are not…

— Arlaina Tibensky

“The truth and reality are what I always write in my books, essays, and quotes; that I may err is possible, but it will…

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay

“It’s ironic that they swear to tell the truth on a book brimming with so many fictions, myths and errors.”

— Yuval Noah Harari