"Truth is far and flat, and fancy is fiery; and truth is cold, and people feel the cold, and they may wrap themselves against it in fancies that are fiery, but they should not call them facts; and, generally, poets do not; they are shrewd, they feel the cold, too, but they know a hawk from a handsaw, a fact from a fancy, as none knows better."

-- Stevie Smith

#People Quotes #May Quotes #Fancy Quotes

“what is terrible when you seek the truth is that you find it..”

Source : Victor Serge (2011). “The Case of Comrade Tulayev”, p.21, New York Review of Books
“The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.”

Source : "Rita Levi-Montalcini obituary" by Anthony Tucker, www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2012.
“When God gives a command or a vision of truth, it is never a question of what He will do, but what we will do.”
“I miss smoking (two to four packs a day) but I don't miss the crackle in my lungs when I breathed.”

Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.
“As always, I appreciate all the love and support people have sent and continue to send my way.”
“The first line in the first 'Gasland' is: 'I'm not a pessimist. I've always had a great deal of faith in people that we won't succumb to frenzy or rage or greed. That we'll figure out a solution without destroying the things that we love.' I have not lost that sense.”
“Say the truth and shame the devil.”

Source : Hugh Latimer, George Elwes Corrie (1844). “Sermons: Edited for the Parker Society”, p.506
“I'm definitely on the pursuit of perfection...I will always be learning.”

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