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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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If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

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If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences – where things turn out better than you thought they would – ought to be in there somewhere, too. – George Saunders

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We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate – and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. – George Saunders

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Tell me Im clever, Tell me Im kind, Tell me Im talented, Tell me Im cute, Tell me Im sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me Im perfect – But tell me the truth. – Shel Silverstein

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The truth is that men are tired of liberty. – Benito Mussolini

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To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. – Frank Herbert

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