Beauty Quote by W. G. Sebald

“No, you have been brought up with the lies that books have told you, and granted they are far more comforting and aesthetically pleasing…

— Kane X. Faucher

Truth is the first thing that present-day literature lacks. The writer has drowned himself in lies, he is too accustomed to speak prudently, with…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember…

— Mark Twain

“You see, a truth parted with has its own way of becoming a tale. It is told so often that it stumbles in the…

— Roshani Chokshi

“Writers are liars, my dear, surely you know that by now? And yet, things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams…

— Neil Gaiman

Truth is only an illusion we have forgotten is an illusion.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

— Frank Norris

I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a table, it…

— David Ebershoff

But the thing is, from the perspective of a novelist there is a brand of lying that feels more honest than the actual facts…

— Ron Currie Jr

“As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so, when months…

— Yoshida Kenko

“Reader, do not doubt the truth of my words, for the tale I tell is a lie from beginning to end. It is often…

— Noémi Szécsi

“Lying – remembering beauty in truth.”

— Beatrice Sparks