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We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard defining edges.

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard defining edges.
– Gene Wolfe

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  3. Some folks are forced to the edges by their difference. (…) But ’tis at the edges that they find their power. – Hannah Kent
  4. People don’t want other people to be people. – Gene Wolfe
  5. Reality is a crutch for people who can’t handle science fiction. – Gene Wolfe
  6. My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. – Gene Wolfe
  7. I was miserable before I knew I was no longer happy – Gene Wolfe
  8. We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last. – Gene Wolfe
  9. That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin. – Gene Wolfe
  10. That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin. – Gene Wolfe
  11. You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing. – Gene Wolfe
  12. We are not always shaped by our parents, Cas. We’re shaped by our choices. – Sarah Dalton
  13. A…reason we are so-so scientists is that our brains were shaped for fitness, not for truth. Sometimes truth is adaptive, but sometimes it is not. – Steven Pinker
  14. If i believe my truth is true and you believe your truth is true,what if my truth says yours is a lie.is it still true? – Lecrea
  15. So we found the end of our journey.So we stood, alive in the river of light,Among the creatures of light, creatures of light. – Ted Hughes
  16. We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change. – AJ Darkholme
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  22. Man is the only animal on earth intelligent enough to invent God and foolish enough to believe in Him. – Manoj Vaz
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  24. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. – James E Faust
  25. God gave us His Word so we could know truth. His truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. – Patty Houser
  26. If the truth gets in the way, I will remove it. But truth be told, removing the truth never removes the truth. – Craig D Lounsbrough
  27. Truth is not -¦ something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.] – Steve Hagen
  28. Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate. – Nuno Roque
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  30. Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life. – Marcel Theroux
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  35. A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group cooperates. – Bernard Bloch
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  39. A Socialist State demands precisely the same human symbols as that of Fascist or Nazi, and the same surrender of human liberties if it is to succeed. – Eden Phillpotts
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