“All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.”
Patrick Rothfuss (b. 1973) American author
The Name of the Wind, ch. 26 “Lanre Turned” (2007)
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Beware, Charlie, old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft.
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) American writer, futurist, fabulist
“The Time Machine” [Colonel Freeleigh] (1957)
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This story comprises ch. 17-18 of his novel Dandelion Wine (1957); the novel is a collection of his short stories, re-edited into a single narrative work. "The Time Machine" was based on his short story, "The Last, the Very Last," first published in The Reporter (1955-06-02), though this particular quote is not in it.
