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Shirley Hazzard

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right.

Shirley Hazzard

Imagination

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The quotation suggests that understanding or insight can come more from creative thinking, emotional connection, or wisdom than from mere factual correctness. It implies that being factually precise does not always capture the deeper or more meaningful reality.

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