“People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.”

“it sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics…”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

“Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.”

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection"

“Facts are simple and facts are straight.
Facts are lazy and facts are late.
Facts all come with points of view.
Facts don't do what I want them to.
Facts just twist the truth around.
Facts are living turned inside out.”

David Byrne (1952) Scottish alternative rock musician and promoter of world music

“I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.”

Libba Bray A Great and Terrible Beauty

“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.”

Diane Setterfield book The Thirteenth Tale

“What is truth? The negation of lies? Or the statement of a fact? And if the fact is a lie, what then is the truth?”

Andrzej Sapkowski book Sword of Destiny

“Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.”

Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director