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Tim O'Brien Quotes: That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.
         

That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.


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That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.
         



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