If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has.

Charles Baxter
If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write...
If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write...
If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write...
If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write...
About This Quote

This quote by Robert Heinlein is a great example of the way in which we can use stories to help us gain insight about our own human nature and how we can be influenced by believing in certain things and acting accordingly. The idea here is that in the world of fiction, we see what happens in our lives when we believe in things and act on those beliefs. In real life, we will never know what happens when we act upon the things that we believe to be true.

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