“All I wrote about us is lies
All I wrote about us is the truth”
Nâzım Hikmet (1902–1963) Turkish poet
From About Us (30 September 1960)
“The truth about us is endless. As are the lies.”
— Philip Roth, book The Human Stain
The Human Stain (2000)
Context: There is truth and then again there is truth. For all that the world is full of people who go around believing they've got you or your neighbor figured out, there really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless. As are the lies.
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