Quotes of: True-meaning Keyword

Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it's a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a no...

Joanna Scott

And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid world exists, its laws do not change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects unsu...

1984

Two examples of true love are love between mother and child and love between Sachin and cricket.

5 Feet 5 Inch Run Machine – Sachin Tendulkar

I refer to them as miracles-although some may call them fortunate circumstances-because I believe there are no accidents or surprises with God.

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life

Be honest with yourself; set the alarm for the time the Real You will get up, not the Ambitious You, because the Ambitious You doesn't really exist.

Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

You wouldn't think there is anything life threatening about speech impediments, but let me tell you, there is nothing more dangerous than being a kid with a stutter and a lisp.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

A marriage, willy-nilly, requires you to trust that your spouse will tell your story truthfully and lovingly when you are no longer around to tell it yourself.

Here If You Need Me: A True Story

When our dreams don’t come true, sometimes we can hand them down to our children and hope that they will come true for them. The joy can be immeasurable just the same.

Isabel's Hand-Me-Down Dreams

From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not?

Impossible

Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you; Be true to your word and your work and your friend; Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end. James Jeffery Roche

iNation

We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.

I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance

I was saying the right things, but not the really true things.

Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.

Killosophy

She was eight years old, with the body of a child, but her spirit was weighed down by an adult suffering.

The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

Roderick Hudson

Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart's views and keep chanting for peace and justice.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem