Lloyd Alexander, The Arkadians Quotes
Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.
If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?
Keep out of this, " Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody.""You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.