From Francis Bacon: “Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.”
Tag Archives: fiction
Quote of the day 09/15/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Nothing is more important for teaching us to understand the concepts we have than to construct fictitious ones.”
Quote of the day 04/21/24
From William Faulkner: “The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.”
Quote of the day 01/03/24
From Douglas Adams: “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”
Quote of the day 01/02/24
From Douglas Adams: “He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
Quote of the day 12/29/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
Quote of the day 12/28/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.”
Quote of the day 12/26/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”
Quote of the day 12/24/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: ‘Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.”
Quote of the day 12/23/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”