"Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning."

-- Dorothy Allison

#Lying Quotes #Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“Sometimes things come out of your mouth that you regret later on. Or no, not regret. You say something so razor-sharp that the person you say it to carries it around with them for the rest of their life.”

Source : Herman Koch (2012). “The Dinner”, p.133, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Clea and I were touring one of the cathedrals in Italy, and in front of the whole tour I go 'That's so cute! Look, they have birdbaths in the church!”
“I don't have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights.”
“I was very inspired by Peter Mullan's film about those kinds of places where you put people who'd been bad.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“Any work of art dignifies life.”

Source : Source: onlineathens.com
“I'll say this, and this has nothing to do with gender or sexuality: You do not want to get licked in the face repeatedly by another human being. You just don't. It's not pleasant.”
“The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.”
“In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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