“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.”
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
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Argentinian writer 1914–1984Related quotes
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Cees Nooteboom
book
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Martin Gardner
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Cited in: Beats That Defy Boxes: Reggie Watts at TED 2012 https://www.ted.com/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way. Posted February 2012.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Variant: There are three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth somewhere in the middle.
Source: Styxx
Un roman est un miroir qui se promène sur une grande route. Tantôt il reflète à vos yeux l’azur des cieux, tantôt la fange des bourbiers de la route. Et l’homme qui porte le miroir dans sa hotte sera par vous accusé‚ d’être immoral ! Son miroir montre la fange, et vous accusez le miroir! Accusez bien plutôt le grand chemin où est le bourbier, et plus encore l’inspecteur des routes qui laisse l’eau croupir et le bourbier se former.
Vol. II, ch. XIX
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Cesare Pavese
(1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Variant: The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
Source: The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950