# Quote — Wendell Berry, The Way of Ignorance

> The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.

- Author: [Wendell Berry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry.md)
- Book: [The Way of Ignorance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry/the-way-of-ignorance.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry/the-way-of-ignorance/the-ability-to-speak

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> In the effort to tell a whole story, to see it whole and clear, I have had to imagine more than I have known.

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