“A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.”
“Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.”
“Story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.”
“I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.”
“A story is not always a lie," said Tristan. "Some stories are truer than truth." Truer than truth? That sounded like something liars made up to tell people who found them out.”
“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”