The trouble with fiction... is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense." - Meaning and context.">
"John Rivers" in The Genius and the Goddess (1955)

The trouble with fiction... is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.

— Aldous Huxley

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The trouble with fiction... is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense." in the context of ""John Rivers" in The Genius and the Goddess (1955)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Aldous Huxley

About Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was a British author known for his novel Brave New World. He was the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and younger brother of Julian Huxley.