“If all stories are fiction, fiction can be true -- not in detail or fact, but in some transformed version of feeling. If there is a memory of paradise, paradise can exist, in some other place or country dimensionally reminiscent of our own. The sad stories live there too, but in that country, we know what they mean and why they happened. We make our way back from them, finding the way through a bountiful wilderness we begin to understand. Years are nothing: Story conquers all distance.”
Quote by Jayne Anne Phillips
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Jayne Anne Phillips
Jayne Anne Phillips is an American novelist known for her distinctive narrative style and profound insights into human nature. Her works often explore themes of family, identity, and memory, with 'Lark and Termite' and 'Machine Dreams' being her most celebrated novels. more
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