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“What matters is whether we want to lie or to tell the truth and write the truth, even though it never can be the truth and never is the truth.” quote by Thomas Bernhard — Download Open image

““What matters is whether we want to lie or to tell the truth and write the truth, even though it never can be the truth and never is the truth.””

Thomas Bernhard

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