#truth

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#belief

You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#character #choices #truth #experience

Sometime people are disempowered because they subconsciously identify themselves by their temporary circumstances instead of connecting with their innate value and truth. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#truth #value #experience

The flimsy little protestations that mark the front gate of every novel, the solemn statements that any resemblance to real persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, are fraudulent every time. A writer has no other material to make his people from than the people of his experience ... The only thing the writer can do is to recombine parts, suppress some characterisitics and emphasize others, put two or three people into one fictional character, and pray the real-life prototypes won't sue. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#creative-process #fiction #realism #truth #writing

Truth, also is the pursuit of it. ↗

— George Oppen

#pursuit #truth

It seems sort of unnecessary to prolong my life but I guess they can’t just let me die. I’m sure there would be paperwork. ↗

— Kimberly Russell

#life

The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate. Let Big Brother do the singing and dancing for you. Be a reporter. Be a good witness. A grateful member of the audience. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#life #living #participate #truth #life

I knew that now—that love wasn’t something you could do away with, no matter how hard you tried. ↗

— Jenny Han

#love #truth #love

I'm sorry Elena. I know that you want to help, but put yourself in her shoes, everything that happened tonight was to save you and that's OK because she loves you so much. But somehow she's always the one who gets hurt. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#truth #love

No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold. ↗

— Alethea Kontis

#enchanted #love #truth #wednesday #love