# Quote — Emma Donoghue, Room

> "Are stories true?"
>
> "Which ones?"
>
> "The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them."
>
> "Well," says Ma, "not literally."
>
> "What's—"
>
> "They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today."
>
> "So they're fake?"
>
> "No, no. Stories are a different kind of true."

- Author: [Emma Donoghue](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-donoghue.md)
- Book: [Room](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-donoghue/room.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_Donoghue#Room_(novel)_(2010)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-donoghue/room/are-stories-true

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