“Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available.”
Stephen L. Carter book The Emperor of Ocean Park
Source: The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002), Ch. 46, Resting Places, I
“What is becoming more interesting than the myths themselves has been the study of how the myths were constructed from sparse or unpromising facts—indeed, sometimes from no facts—in a kind of mute conspiracy of longing, very rarely under anybody’s conscious control.”
Source: The Light of Other Days (2000), Chapter 19
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One didn't discuss serious matters nor did one curse in from of women and children; one didn't openly degrade them, one did it behind their backs.
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Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
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