Appearance VERSUS reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!
--Edward Abbey.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
--Don Juan.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
--Oscar Wilde.
A truth's initial commotion is directly proportionalto how deeply the lie was believed.
When a well packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations,
truth will seem utterly preposterous and it's speaker a raving lunatic.
--unknown.