Speaking the Truth
THIS IS HORSESHIT THAT CAN ONLY GET HORSESHITTIER WITH TIME. — OVERHEARD ON THE MUNI (SAN FRANCISCO) SUBWAY Continue reading Speaking the Truth
THIS IS HORSESHIT THAT CAN ONLY GET HORSESHITTIER WITH TIME. — OVERHEARD ON THE MUNI (SAN FRANCISCO) SUBWAY Continue reading Speaking the Truth
GOLDEN STATE By Ben H. Winters Mulholland Books, Issued in 2019 336 Pages ISBN-13: 978-0316505413 $28.00 Hardcover Also available as an e-book I first became an admirer of Ben H. Winters when I read his 2011 novel Bedbugs. He has a gift for finding horror in the human condition, and using the physical setting as metaphor. Golden State does not disappoint. Mr. Winters’ latest dystopian fiction is set in the future, in a place resembling Los Angeles. Small lies — even efforts at creativity — are treated as felonies, and the population must live with the consequences of being “honest” at all … Continue reading Golden State by Ben H. Winters (Book Review)
TRUTH EMERGES MORE READILY FROM ERROR THAN FROM CONFUSION. — FRANCIS BACON Continue reading Francis Bacon on Truth
SOMETIMES I THINK I HAVE SHITTY FRIENDS. THEN I COME TO MY SENSES AND REALIZE I HAVE NO FRIENDS. I FIND THIS REASSURING. — LOVE, HELEN Continue reading When the Truth is Comforting (???)
AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOCIALIZING WITH DUCKS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL KIND OF ISOLATED. THAT’S MY EXPERIENCE, ANYWAY. Continue reading Facing the Truth
I HAD THE STORY, BIT BY BIT, FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE, AND, AS GENERALLY HAPPENS IN SUCH CASES, EACH TIME IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. — EDITH WHARTON Continue reading Edith Wharton Quote
VERITAS: BECAUSE SPEAKING HONESTLY IN LATIN WILL PISS ‘EM OFF EVERY TIME. — CORDIALLY, HELEN Continue reading Loftiness Can Be Useful
IF YOU DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF, YOU CANNOT TELL IT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. — VIRGINIA WOOLF Continue reading Virginia Woolf Quote
MEMORY IS OFTEN LESS ABOUT THE TRUTH THAN ABOUT WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE. — DAVID HALBERSTAM Continue reading David Halberstam Quote