James RozoffA thousand truths can be assembled in such a way as to create a colossal lie.
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A thousand truths can be assembled in such a way as to create a colossal lie." This quote means that with a single carefully selected fact you can convince yourself that your life is better than it really is. It also means that with a single carefully selected piece of information, one can create an elaborate scenario in which the world is a place of horror and evil, and one’s fellows are traitors and enemies. It doesn’t take much to make us cast ourselves as the heroes of our own personal stories, and not as part of a story about human beings.
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