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Jessamyn West Quote: 'Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ...'

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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.


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Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.


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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.


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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.


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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.


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