“that story is 93% true”
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American rock musician 1984Related quotes
“Stories are a different kind of true.”
Source: Room (novel) (2010)
Context: "Are stories true?"
"Which ones?"
"The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them."
"Well," says Ma, "not literally."
"What's—"
"They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today."
"So they're fake?"
"No, no. Stories are a different kind of true."
“A likely story — and probably true.”
The Al Jolson Show repartee following a trite, scripted Al Jolson joke. (1949)
“Some stories are true that never happened.”
