![There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VGXguRr-_Y8/X1uLTMU-D-I/AAAAAAAAKoU/HIY-nBYkeVEu6j2---Ir_2QBcHoI27-cwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-is-no-doubt-fiction-makes-a-better-job-of-the-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
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![There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VGXguRr-_Y8/X1uLTMU-D-I/AAAAAAAAKoU/HIY-nBYkeVEu6j2---Ir_2QBcHoI27-cwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-is-no-doubt-fiction-makes-a-better-job-of-the-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![I can’t go on, I’ll go on.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f6BDN_yRPZM/X1tqG-73lWI/AAAAAAAAG-4/H7FYPwcxh-QpOPTaAsvKBKKm7MtRXxZsgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-cant-go-on-ill-go-on.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I can’t go on, I’ll go on.
![How do I know what I think until I see what I say?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uJ5EXaeeXXg/X1totlkTc5I/AAAAAAAAG0E/h2Sc1aoeVu0qSaw2LAwduLp9pmSpWifxQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/how-do-i-know-what-i-think-until-i-see-what-i-say.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
![A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MEJmjxHeug4/X1thRXQa94I/AAAAAAAAFsU/NJ2Keeby_uk8oJp3ppmVOoEJXifCNjz5ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-woman-must-have-money-and-a-room-of-her-own-if-she-is-to-write-fiction.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
![It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kd35jBN1ngA/X1tvtrWSbcI/AAAAAAAAH60/z1Nmtz9qrX4bXhrl3svyOk4LZ_BKZbJMgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/its-like-tolstoy-said-happiness-is-an-allegory-unhappiness-a-story.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
![If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QUwxvbXnV-Q/X1tr0t8_oVI/AAAAAAAAHT8/yp_2HGGIZEMIxt5aDak4dSfB8o7Ol4dswCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-something-is-going-to-happen-to-me-i-want-to-be-there.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.
![I was a very keen reader of science fiction.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--lGQLayKwOs/X0bIGfb5W8I/AAAAAAAADmk/HH9kr33Kc98uhtFK9jhXuYx7KvWudpReQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/i-was-a-very-keen-reader-of-science-fiction-quotes-by-terry-pratchett-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-science.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I was a very keen reader of science fiction.
![You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k3Lj5iczm_U/X1uTxLVjVuI/AAAAAAAAL6A/1-dZCUYzmvs4f3QFWnQKcStGoc1oLJuLwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/youre-only-young-once-but-you-can-be-immature-forever.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever
![Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-98mUB0cbrJw/X1t68AOMQNI/AAAAAAAAJGw/6f5bs3G82RUTDOV0AjNd73HemerAI1ZZgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/romantic-literature-is-in-effect-imaginative-lying.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.
![Raven?’Yes?’What do you believe in?’I believe in – finding out!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-COJOVLIMOaQ/X1t6ivgqM_I/AAAAAAAAJCA/ki-jDNh9Fo0t3LbnTr9jPO4UV81aIgWigCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/ravenyeswhat-do-you-believe-ini-believe-in-finding-out.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Raven?’Yes?’What do you believe in?’I believe in – finding out!
![Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It just changes shape.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BxQBHcwSf9s/X1tjlaCJd9I/AAAAAAAAGOs/1vuG8Bx5DhIJySHzDTbMtQ6oX7_6EmIVwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/energy-is-neither-created-nor-destroyed-it-just-changes-shape.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It just changes shape.
![You look like the vamp who bled the cat.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sC4RfJAqc7k/X1uTK8DMQoI/AAAAAAAALzE/gWXaWwxzrUQS3X59a40GLfvhgns0AZGJQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-look-like-the-vamp-who-bled-the-cat.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)