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by avip 2313 days ago
We'll be living in a pretty dull place if only true stories were allowed.
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Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"

Garak: "My doctor, they're all true."

Bashir: "Even the lies?"

Garak: "Especially the lies."

Uh, false dichotomy. The problem is fictional stories that are propagated as truthful because they reinforce people's biases and/or advance somebody's agenda.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn.

I personally take this to mean that sometimes its the overall message a story is conveying is more important than the specific details.

I don’t believe in faeries, but they are there.

Nah, "truth is often stranger than fiction"