I know that you are wise. When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence… You believe that the story is true, because you responded to it from that sense of truth deep within you. But that sense of truth does not respond to a story's factuality..[rather] to a story's causality - whether it faithfully shows the way the universe functions. Orson Scott Card
About This Quote

This quote is about the power of the imagination. The ability to believe in things that cannot be proven through logic and reason. A story that has a sense of truth to it often has an element of truth hidden within it. When we read or hear a story, we get our own personal response from within us. We believe in the story, not because it is true but rather because we have a connection to it from within us.

Source: Xenocide

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