Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

About Mark Twain

Portrait of Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include...

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It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.

More quotations tagged with “truth”

Do not run from the truth. There be nought so hard to live with as a lie.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.

—Kahlil Gibran

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

—Josh Billings

Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.

—Elizabeth Cady Stanton

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.

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