“Even the most fanciful story contains nuggets of truth. As readers, our job is to mine them.”
“The best lies contain within them nuggets of truth, enough to give a listener pause.”
“Our stories always contain average, ordinary people. They are the most unsuspecting victims of all.”
“Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.”
“Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the ones that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.”
“But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it.”