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“the best of fiction is literally false but symbolically true. It uses made-up people and non-existent events to explore and understand eternal questions that haunt the hearts of men. Great fiction uses lies to get to the truth, and it’s this truth that people are after.”
— Hit Reverse: New Ideas From Old Books by Jash Dholani
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— Hit Reverse: New Ideas From Old Books by Jash Dholani
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” — Pablo Picasso
Fiction, metaphor, and imagination aren’t escapes—they’re lenses that reveal the real
Fiction, metaphor, and imagination aren’t escapes—they’re lenses that reveal the real
All Fiction is Genre and all Genre is Literature!
Ursula K. Le Guin • Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books
you don’t speak of dreams as ‘unreal.’ They exist; they are events; they leave a mark behind them.