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#1

“Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.”
― Jacqueline Winspear

tags: inspirational

#2

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
― Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy

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#4

“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life

tags: accuracy, facts-and-ideas, history, myth

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#5

“It will be worth it if I am remembered, if not flatteringly, then at least with some small amount of accuracy.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: accuracy, fiction, life-s-story, remember, remembered, stories, story, storytelling, truth

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#6

“The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

tags: accuracy, books, clever, fantasy, fiction, good-writing, homophone, honesty, lies, meaning, non-fiction, novels, parables, reading, realism, stories, tale, tell-the-truth, truth, wordplay, writing

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