„…women are not interested in truth or romance but only in facts whether they are true or not, just so they fit all the other facts.“

— William Faulkner

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„…women aren't interested in the romance of dreams; they are interested in the reality of facts, they don't care what facts, let alone whether they are true or not if they just dovetail with all the other facts without leaving a saw-tooth edge.“
— William Faulkner
„Maybe I was completely wrong that morning when I said how women are only interested in facts because maybe men are just interested in facts too and the only difference is, women dont care whether they are facts or not just so they fit, and men dont care whether they fit or not just so they are facts.“
— William Faulkner
„…girls, women, are not interested in romance but only facts.“
— William Faulkner
„Because as a rule women dont really care about facts just so they fit; it's just men that dont give a damn whether they fit or not.“
— William Faulkner
„"You don't know very much about women, do you?" she said. "Women aren't interested in poets' dreams. They are interested in facts. It doesn't even matter whether the facts are true or not, as long as they match the other facts without leaving a rough seam."“
— William Faulkner
„The poets are wrong of course. … But then poets are almost always wrong about facts. That's because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth: which is why the truth they speak is so true that even those who hate poets by simple and natural instinct are exalted and terrified by it.“
— William Faulkner
„Fiction is truth, even if it is not fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your heart will die.“
— Cassandra Clare