“Everyone knows that stories are imaginary.

[alexanderdyas@mindly.social]

“Everyone knows that stories are imaginary. Whatever effect they might have on us, we know they are not true, even when they tell us truths more important than the ones we can find elsewhere.” - Paul Auster, Ghosts

If the stories teach us important things, does it matter that they aren’t true?

One can argue that the line between fiction and non-fiction is blurred. Any moment in time will be experienced objectively by all those present, there will be many versions of what actually happened.

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