BF2S Forums Lying

Zoom! wrote:

I lie in stories to add drama to conversation. I never do it to make myself look good though.

This is a good explaination.

SonderKommando wrote:

Uzique wrote:

"Lying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler".

Albert Camus on the absurdist/existentialist motherfuckin' bomb there, thank you very much.

Awesome.

Shame his sentence structure rivals a 4th grader's.

Uzique wrote:

"Lying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler".

Albert Camus on the absurdist/existentialist motherfuckin' bomb there, thank you very much.

rocking the camus title as well i see

i actually have that book, courtesy of my teacher forgetting to ask for it back.  good book.

Bevo wrote:

SonderKommando wrote:

Uzique wrote:

"Lying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler".

Albert Camus on the absurdist/existentialist motherfuckin' bomb there, thank you very much.

Awesome.

Shame his sentence structure rivals a 4th grader's.

He's French, and is one of the best French prose writers ever, for that matter. Until you can read the original language-version, or until you can write any better... hush up. It's a great quote about everyday lying and emotional dishonesty, in my opinion.

And yes, haffey. The Outsider is my book of the summer; you know how every year there's a book you read that leaves a lasting, indelible impression upon you? I think this year round, what with my big fall-out and packing-bags fiasco with the (ex) missus, a bit of absurdist, existentialist French philosophy was just what the Doctor ordered .

I never lie.

I do obscure the truth, withold information, imply things, etc. I guess you could call it an Odyssean sense of honour

Freezer7Pro wrote:

I lie more than I should.

I don't think you should lie at all

Bevo wrote:

Uzique wrote:

Bevo wrote:

Shame his sentence structure rivals a 4th grader's.

He's French, and is one of the best French prose writers ever, for that matter. Until you can read the original language-version, or until you can write any better... hush up. It's a great quote about everyday lying and emotional dishonesty, in my opinion.

I'm well aware Uzique, had to study the book in a multitude of ways over a few weeks. Didn't say he was a bad prose writer (the story was quite nice), just his sentences are nearly all simple. We did some work with sentence structures and beginnings in English for quite a bit, so yeah if I wrote prose it would certainly be more elegant than the translated version. The quote's great, but he's hardly the poster boy for sentence structuring.

edit: sentence structure :X

I think, after reading the whole range of literature and styles that are out there, that to downgrade a work of fiction just because of simple sentence structure is ignorant madness. The short, prosaic and plaintive style of Camus is a beauty unto itself. Being able to express such complex and thought-provoking themes and sentiments through the short-sword of a stabbing simple sentence is a skill that many (overly) eloquent writers do not and could not even dream of possessing. Personally I would take the style of Camus over the bullshit 'writing to prove a point about my own ability' style of Austen or Richardson anyday.