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Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us f

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders

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The scariest thought in the world is that someday Ill wake up and realize Ive been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual. – George Saunders

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The word funny is a bit like the word love – we dont have enough words to describe the many varieties. – George Saunders

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There is no truth. There is only perception. – Gustave Flaubert

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I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors. – Kinky Friedman

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Im actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, Man, I said too much. Its hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me. – Drake

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I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. – Jesus Christ

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