Truth in Sentences

To Hell with the Truth

TC — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:21:01 +0000

To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It’s irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the whole … Continue reading →

The Heart is an artist

TC — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:49:03 +0000

The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs us, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth.
DEAN KOONTZ, Forever Odd

The truth … is a beautiful and terrible thing and should therefore be treated with great caution.
J. K. ROWLING, The Sorcerer’s Stone

Tell All the Truth

TC — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:47:40 +0000

Tell all the truth but tell it slant,

Success in circuit lies

Too bright for our infirm delight

The truth’s superb surprise;

As lightning to the children eased

With explanation kind,

The truth must dazzle gradually

Or every man be blind.

Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886

Truth and Falsehood

TC — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:56:41 +0000

There is truth and falsehood in a comma.

TOM STOPPARD, The Invention of Love

the most difficult of all arts

TC — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:29:24 +0000

To speak the truth is the most difficult of all arts, for in its “pure” form, not connected with the interests of individuals, groups, classes, or nations, truth is almost completely unsuitable for use by the Philistine and is unacceptable to him.

MAXIM GORKY, Untimely Thoughts

If You Shut Up Truth…

TC — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:22:39 +0000

“If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.”

EMILE ZOLA

The Lie Rests…

TC — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:01:52 +0000

“The lie rest most securely on a pinpoint of truth.”

Eric Ambler, Judgment On Deltchev

3 Stages of Truth

TC — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:24:08 +0000

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

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A Truth Told…

TC — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:39:59 +0000

“A truth told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent”

William Blake

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Top Dogs

TC — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:01:36 +0000

There’s no doubt about it, the world is going to the dogs. Long considered man’s best friend, the dog continues to work its way into the hearts and homes of more and more people around the globe. Not only has the canine secured his status in the home of its master, he continues to command better nutrition and healthcare than in any other period of his long social climb.

Conveniently, this upgraded benefits package seems to have accelerated shortly after the canines convinced us that along with this new consciousness it was high time that humans pick up and dispose of the waste byproduct from the more nutritious meals.

Another consequence of the canine’s rising status in human habitats is that more and more dogs are writing books or more likely, instructing their “masters” to do so from their viewpoint. Humans may put their names on such novels as The Art of Racing in the Rain or The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, but make no mistake, these humans write from the viewpoint of their canine handlers.

The favorite dog of America, the UK and Canada is the Labrador Retriever. The Labrador has many attributes: intelligence, strength, high energy and work ethic, socially at ease with humans of all ages as well as a few other species. These many qualities not only make for a desirable pet, but also highly functional companions and working dogs. Here is a pretty impressive list of famous Labrador Retrievers.

In my novel, When Truth Awakens, there is a black Labrador named Panther. He is the fourth in a succession of Labradors that Alex Dargill has owned throughout his long life. Like most companion dogs he will remain an unsung hero, happy to serve and love his master until the end.