“As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and fantasies that radiate outward from the actual event.” RealityTruthFictionFantasyEventsTruth IsStrangerLegendsStranger Than Fiction Author:Brock Yates
“There is a lot of amiable fantasy written about trout fishing, but the truth is that few men know much if anything about the habits of trout and little more about the manner of taking them.” IfsKnowsMenLittlesFantasyWrittenSeaHabitTruth IsRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingTroutAmiableTrout Fishing Author:John D. Voelker
“The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and arise cranky and haggard from their fantasies. They are moody and neglectful and all of them a little daft. Moreover they are inclined to drink too much.” LittlesDreamLyingSleepFantasyToo MuchSeaDrinkTruth IsRiversFishesAriseBoatLakesFishingSchemesElusiveFishermanTossMermaidTroutDrippingMoodyCrankyDaftHaggard Author:John D. Voelker
“I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!” WritingBookDoneCreativityFantasyCreativeTruth IsScriptsAwfulWriting A Book Author:Hugh Grant
“Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.” PeopleDifferentHardFilmFantasyHard WorkTruth IsDirectorsHollywoodGlamour Author:John Carpenter
“That's a male pornographic fantasy that we're buttoned-up all day and let our boobs hang out at night. The truth is, some girls are very girly and feminine, and they love to wear makeup and high heels. Other girls are more tomboyish, and they don't.” NightGirlFantasyTruth IsMalesMakeupHanging OutFeminineHeelsHigh HeelsOther GirlGirly Author:Cara Santa Maria
“Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.” ShouldYearsMindBelieveChildrenPainAcceptingTeachFantasyTaughtTerribleTruth IsMiracleTragedyMythLibertarianPoeticSuperstitionsTerrible ThingsFablesRelieved Author:Hypatia
“Children are often envied for their supposed imaginations, but the truth is that adults imagine things far more than children do. Most adults wander the world deliberately blind, living only inside their heads, in their fantasies, in their memories and worries, oblivious to the present, only aware of the past or future.” WorldChildrenPastImaginationMemoriesWorryFantasyImagineTruth IsAdultsBlindWanderEnviedOblivious Book:The World to Come Source: The World to Come