30 Quotes About Fiction

In the words of Socrates, “Knowledge is power.” Knowing that a statement of fact is true can lead you to making better decisions. Even if you don’t use it in a conversation, a quote can help you understand a concept better. Here are some of our favorite fictions quotes.

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Who says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? Is all good structure in a winding stair? George Herbert
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One of the schools in Tlön has reached the point of denying time. It reasons that the present is undefined, that the future has no other reality than as present hope, that the past is no more than present memory. Jorge Luis Borges
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We share a bond. We do everything together. We have a piece of strong, invisible thread connecting us. It’s indestructible — it can never be broken. The thread is the key item that links us together. We understand each other. Erica Sehyun Song
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I have a tendency to break rules and shake things up. I would say that with me people never know what is real and what is fiction. And I like that because reality is relative. Nuno Roque
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It was a fictional story, but like any good fiction, without the need to adjust or conceal the truth, it actually might bethe greatest expression of truth. Jacqueline Simon Gunn
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I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long. Erica Sehyun Song
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Our pendants glowed in unison and I understood that they represented us — Siren and human intertwined for eternity. Erica Sehyun Song
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I watched her shadow merge with the darker colours of the deep sea. Erica Sehyun Song
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She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I was now ankle deep into the water. The mysterious girl smiled like a predator. Erica Sehyun Song
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I was slightly thankful when Mom finally came out and unlocked the car. It was warm and toasty inside and it smelt like home. There was not the slightest smell of something that didn’t belong home. Erica Sehyun Song
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The other one was filled with loud and obnoxious tourists. Always boasting on winning a sand castle competition and seeing who could get tanned first. What a whacky bunch of people. Erica Sehyun Song
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Have you lost your mind? What have I told you Charlie about whales? You can’t MANHANDLE THEM! Erica Sehyun Song
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Although nobody could ever know about our friendship, that wasn’t going to stop us from being together. Erica Sehyun Song
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She snorted in amusement at my remark. “When are the guards going to start to notice?” Keith peered into the distance. “Starting now, Erica Sehyun Song
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He sent it flying at full speed. It jumped six times as well, sending ripples across the sea. The small splashes of foam turned into miniature rainbows as they caught the light of the evening sun setting behind the clouds. Erica Sehyun Song
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I distracted Herbert by pretending to trip and break a bone. Ethan darted around to the red golf cart with a cocky smile on his face. He put the key in ignition, and the vehicle roared to life. “Hey, ” Herbert shouted, snapping his attention to Ethan. I sprang up and ran up to Ethan. He pulled me in the cart and stomped on the gas pedal. We shot through the automatic doors with Herbert on our tail. “Go faster! ” I cheered. My brother smacked the steering wheel. “I can’t; it’s a golf cart. . Erica Sehyun Song
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I closed my eyes and dived into foreign water. Erica Sehyun Song
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I told you; I am Arianna, the Siren, your Guardian, and how is a Guardian supposed to do her job if she is clueless about the Guardianee? Erica Sehyun Song
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I could have drowned…and my brother didn’t even care. Erica Sehyun Song
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I could have drowned today. If they hadn’t been screaming my name so loudly and if I hadn’t woken up, I would have drowned. Erica Sehyun Song
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A long time ago, there was a little girl called Mary. Now Mary, she was warned several times not to go to her neighbor’s house. Her neighbor was a grandmother. But Mary hardly listened, so she snuck off one night to spy on her. She tried the front door first, and it creaked open. Then suddenly, she heard a squeaking noise upstairs. She followed it — climbed up the wooden stairs where half of it was already rotten. She heard the squeaking noise again. It was coming from the library. She opened the door and hid behind a couch. She peered out, and she saw the grandmother.” Dave paused to drain his cup of coffee before continuing. My heart thudded so loudly, I thought that everyone could hear it. “So Mary gasped in disbelief as she heard the squeaking noise again, and the grandmother’s rocking chair was not moving at all. Then the grandmother opened her eyes and looked directly at her, holding her gaze steadily and sharply, and then suddenly, BOO! . Erica Sehyun Song
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The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand — linked, bound and unbreakable. Erica Sehyun Song
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Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history. Vernor Vinge
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Please, Tommy. Please James Dashner
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Now he knew that any memories he might cherish during the last years of his life would be only fictions from a biography he'd never lived. Unknown
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Fictions are realities we don't think of, that are happening to people we know nothing about. Sanhita Baruah
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Ok! So that's the spice. Typical gossips for or against a qualified newcomer! Koral Dasgupta
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-Those who never face oppositions always stop at propositions.- Those who never confront obstacles live with delays and postponements Ikechukwu Joseph
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He had a respect for facts maybe this was one. Anne Carson