I have come to believe, based on long experience dealing with humans, that no true story ever gets told. I… — John Varley
I have come to believe, based on long experience dealing with humans, that no true story ever gets told.
I sit here now with two stories, about to add lies, half-truths, or simple misunderstandings of my own, moved by some vague urge toward a completeness of things—a completion that can never be achieved.
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