“But what reality was ever made by realists?”— Richard Flanagan Related Quotes “Agesilaus the Spartan king was once invited to hear a mimic imitate the nightingale but declined with the comment that he had heard the nightingale itself.”— Plutarch “They like to use those fancy words. They don’t like to say “raped,’” he said. “They say “misdeed,’ “inappropriate touching,’ “mistake.’ That’s insulting. I’m not a mistake.”— Charles L. Bailey Jr. “Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.”— Leonardo da Vinci