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  Fiction Quotes - How do I know what I think until I see what I say?   “The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride   “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” ― E.M. Forster   “We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.” ― Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave   “And it's hard to hate someone once you understand them.” ― Lucy Christopher, Stolen   “While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’” “‘It’s history, my boy.’” “The grandson comes nearer and exclaims, “‘But this is a porno site, grandpa, naked chicks, sex . . . a lot of sex!’” “‘Well, it’s ...

  Fiction Quotes - Gossip is like thread wound over a spindle of truth, changing its shape   “It does little good to regret a choice. So often people say, “If only I had known,” implying they would’ve acted differently in a given situation. It is true that desires of the moment can blind one’s sight of the future. Revenge is not as sweet as the adage claims. Yet who could pass a chance to taste it? And if the chance were allowed to slip by, would the fool regret his lack of action? ” ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master   “Gossip is like thread wound over a spindle of truth, changing its shape.” ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master   “If one does not react to gossip, the informer hushes more quickly.” ― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master   “There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.” ― Doris May Lessing, Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949   “T...

  Fiction Quotes - Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream   “That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.” ― Tim O'Brien   “If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.” ― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca   “Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.” ― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall   “When someone cries so hard that it hurts their throat, it is out of frustration or knowing that no matter what you can do or attempt to do can change the situation. When you feel like you need to cry, when you want to just get it out, relieve some of the pressure from the inside - that is true pain. Because no matter how hard you try or how bad you want to, y...