But this too is true: stories can save us. Goodreads.com. (2019). Tim O’Brien Quotes (Author of The Things They Carried). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2330.Tim_O_Brien [Accessed 1 Oct.… Read more “Stories Can Save”
Day: October 1, 2019
A Thing May Happen And Be A Total Lie
A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. Goodreads.com. (2019). Tim O’Brien Quotes (Author of… Read more “A Thing May Happen And Be A Total Lie”
You Dream It As You Tell It
The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way… Read more “You Dream It As You Tell It”
Story-Truth Is Truer Than Happening-Truth
I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth. Goodreads.com. (2019). Tim O’Brien Quotes (Author of… Read more “Story-Truth Is Truer Than Happening-Truth”
Fiction Is For Getting At The Truth
That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth. Goodreads.com. (2019). Tim O’Brien Quotes (Author of The… Read more “Fiction Is For Getting At The Truth”
Stories Are For Eternity
Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where… Read more “Stories Are For Eternity”
The Lie That Helps Explain The Truth
Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth. Goodreads.com. (2019). Tim O’Brien Quotes (Author of The Things They Carried). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2330.Tim_O_Brien [Accessed 1… Read more “The Lie That Helps Explain The Truth”