Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"To be true to experience is to recognize its complexity and ambiguity."Seamus Heaney
"To be a writer is to be committed to the difficult work of truthfulness."Seamus Heaney
"The truth may be hidden, but it cannot be killed."Padraig Colum
"Truth is like water; it will always find its way."Padraig Colum
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you"Frank O'Connor
"A writer's duty is to tell the truth as he sees it"Frank O'Connor
"Truth is like a surgery. It hurts but it cures"Frank O'Connor
"The heart knows truths the mind cannot reach"Patrick Kavanagh
"The deepest truth is often the simplest"Patrick Kavanagh
"The cruelest lies are the ones we tell ourselves"Patrick Kavanagh
"Language is the vessel that holds our deepest truths."Austin Clarke
"Words spoken in anger echo longer than those spoken in love."Austin Clarke
"Truth is the only thing that cannot be colonized."Austin Clarke
"In the work of art lies the truth that politics wishes to hide."Austin Clarke
"Truth is often uncomfortable because it refuses to remain simple."Seán Ó Faoláin
"I consider myself to be a realist in my writing."Brendan Behan
"Every step of an honest man is a bringer of news."Brendan Behan
"I am a realist about certain things."Brendan Behan
"The truth is sacred but not my truth."Brendan Behan
"The past refuses to stay buried; it demands acknowledgment."Austin Clarke
"Authenticity is a radical act in a world of pretense."Austin Clarke
"The power of words lies not in their sound, but in their resonance with truth"Patrick Kavanagh
"Truth is like a beautiful woman; she needs no ornaments."Sean O'Casey
"Truth will always prevail in the end."Sean O'Casey
"We all live in a kind of state of siege."Seamus Heaney
"The authentic is when you stop thinking about it."Seamus Heaney
"The poem is always a test of your loyalty to language."Seamus Heaney
"The pen is mightier in truth than in falsehood."Seamus Heaney
"The truth is always stranger than the story."Seamus Heaney
"The truth of my life cannot be told in medical terms, only in stories."Christy Brown