Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"The only truth is that we cannot know truth."
Kris Kelvin
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"The fact that it's improbable doesn't matter"
Ford Prefect
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"The answer is always goodbye"
Zarniwoop
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"The speaker for the dead speaks the truth as he understands it."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated, but first and foremost every human being wants to be treated as an individual"
Genly Ai
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"We seek answers where only questions exist, and questions where answers are forbidden."
Kris Kelvin
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"Games are the only thing that's real."
Ender Wiggin
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"The truth of a person cannot be captured in reports"
Genly Ai
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"In the frozen waste, all pretense falls away"
Estraven
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"When you can look at any thing and see it as it is, you will have learned the greatest truth."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"Truth suffers from too much analysis."
Paul Atreides
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"I am what I am, and I can't hide it."
Ender Wiggin
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"I cannot remain ignorant of the truth."
Ender Wiggin
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"Redemption requires acknowledging the past."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The ice demands honesty of those who cross it."
Estraven
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"I understand you perfectly. You want me to be myself. I'm afraid that's impossible."
HAL 9000
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"None of the tests were real. Only the game mattered."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"I am a murderer."
Ender Wiggin
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"They used him, and he knew it."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"They called him a hero. He knew the truth."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Reality is frequently inaccurate"
The Hitchhiker's Guide itself
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"Perhaps it is the role of Solaris to make us confront what we really are."
Kris Kelvin
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"A true word spoken by someone wearing mask might be truth, or it might be the cruelest deception."
Paul Atreides
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"Truth requires courage to speak and wisdom to hear."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"It's not a lie if you believe it."
Peter Wiggin
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"I'm confident I'll make it. Not sure if I'll like what I become in the process."
Mark Watney
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"I don't know what you are, Mr. Ai, but I know what you aren't"
Estraven
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"Truth wears many faces on Gethen"
Genly Ai
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"The visitors showed us ourselves, and we were afraid of what we saw."
Kris Kelvin
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"He wasn't a killer, he was a small boy who had been forced to play a game."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)