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“The truth is impossible to comprehend even when one is willing to tell it. For the truth resides in memory and memory is clouded with repression and a desire to embellish. The recollections of any individual are conditioned by the general truths to which he or she has tried to live. To recall an event is to interpret it, so the truth is altered by the very act of remembering. Therefore the truth, like God, does not exist - only the search for it.”

Quote by Frank Hardy

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Frank Hardy was an American novelist born on March 21, 1917, and died on January 28, 1994. Known for his profound depiction of the social reality in the American Midwest, Hardy's works often focus on social injustice and class struggle. more

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