73 Quotes About Exaggeration
- Author Craig D. Lounsbrough
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It is when we have made the ‘fear of fear’ the thing that we fear that we are no longer living in fear, rather we are living in the exaggeration of fear.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Our nearness to our problems makes them seem way bigger than they are, while our farness from other people’s problems makes them seem way smaller than they are.
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- Author Sanhita Baruah
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Maybe that's what writers do-Maybe they exaggerate pain just so that you feel okay about what you're feeling.
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- Author Louis Sachar
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Dana raised her hand. "I learned about exaggeration," she said. "It was all my teacher ever talked about. We had like ten thousand tests on it, and the teacher would kill you if you didn't spell it right." "That's very good, Dana!" said Mrs. Jewls. "You learned your lesson well.
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- Author Charlotte Brontë
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If youth once falls under the influence of a shadowy terror, it imagines there will never be full sunlight again; its first calamity it fancies will last a lifetime.
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- Author Marisha Pessl
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Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.
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- Author Tawny Lara
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People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white.
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- Author Sabrina Jeffries
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Why didn't you tell us you were the Alexander Black who can stand atop a cantering horse and shoot a hole through a plum at a hundred paces?"With a snort, Alec jerked his gaze away. "More like a cantaloupe. The thing shrinks with every retelling. Soon they'll have me shooting at a mustard seed.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Not having expected an event makes it seem way better or worse than it really is.
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