“Truth is like nudity: It is on occasion indispensable, but it is dangerous and should not be displayed openly. It is truth that gives life its grandeur, but the polite fictions that make it bearable.”

—  Jack McDevitt , book Infinity Beach

Source: Infinity Beach (2000), Chapter 8 (p. 110)

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American novelist, Short story writer 1935

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