Reconstruction Quote by Umberto Eco

“The truth was not always pleasant. It did not always have good manners and clean its fingernails. Sometimes it was in the eyes of…

— James Ramsey Ullman

The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.

— Paulo Coelho

“To speak truth, reader, there is no excellent beauty, no accomplished grace, no refinement, without strength as excellent, as complete, as trustworthy.”

— Charlotte Brontë

The writing I tend to think of as 'good' is good because it's mysterious.

— Aimee Bender

“The truth is not good or bad, it is just the truth.”

— J.B. Thomas

“the truth is never horrible, only interesting.”

— Agatha Christie

We can never know that a piece of writing is bad unless we have begun by trying to read it as if it was…

— C. S. Lewis

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!

— Philip Larkin

“I think I read in at least two ways. First, by following, breathlessly, the events and the characters without stopping to notice the details,…

— Alberto Manguel

“Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

“A piece of writing is never good,” he told me. “There is simply a moment when it is less bad than before.”

— Joël Dicker

“Sometimes the truth feels good.”

— Carson Kressley