Jessamyn West Jessamyn West Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. Writing fiction is an almost certain way of making a fool of yourself.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. If you want a baby, have a new one.