#rut

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance. ↗

— Mo Yan

#am #aware #become #brutal #does

When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I.' ↗

— Lev Yilmaz

#brown #cartoon #charlie #charlie brown #comedy

My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and he's screaming right-wing, so there you are. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#believed #comes #dad #fights #getting

No section of the American populace has been more completely deceived by the forces interested in keeping the truth from the people than America's youth. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#american #been #completely #deceived #forces

Truth is exact correspondence with reality. ↗

— Paramahansa Yogananda

#exact #reality #truth #truth is

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#access #any #art #artist #authentic

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#needs #someone #tell #truth

The man that blushes is not quite a brute. ↗

— Edward Young

#brute #man #quite

Truth never was indebted to a lie. ↗

— Edward Young

#lie #never #truth

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized. ↗