Five Great Quotations about Fiction

“It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.” – Tim O’Brien

“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.” – G.K. Chesterton

“Humanity lives in its fiction.” – Blaise Cendrars

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” – Albert Camus

“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” – Jessamyn West