"A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction."

-- William Faulkner

#Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Telling The Truth Quotes

“I wanted her to to go on talking and understand without me saying anything. I wanted her to love me enough to leave him, to pack us up and take us away from him, to kill him if need be. (107)”
“Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.”
“It sucks, but no Long Islands or margaritas when you drink. It has to be straight vodka.”

Source : "Snooki reveals her weight loss secret -- vodka, straight up!" by Ree Hines, www.today.com. August 31, 2011.
“We should demand that (Customs and Border Protection) focus on the true priority that we face on the war on terror... Stripping small amounts of prescription drugs from the hands of seniors... that should not be a priority.”
“You can live a lifetime and at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself.”
“Love me?â€ Madeline asked with a faint smile. â€œIt used to be love.â€ He brushed his lips over her closed eyelids. â€œNow there's no word for it.â€ â€œYou once told me that you thought love was a weakness.â€ â€œI was wrong,â€ he whispered, kissing the corners of her mouth. â€œI've discovered it's my only strength.”
“I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.”
“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~”

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