"Les choses n'ont pas besoin d'être arrivées pour être vraies. Les contes et les rêves sont les ombres de la vérité qui perdureront quand les simples faits ne seront plus que poussière et cendres, et oubliés."
— Neil Gaiman
Simplified Meaning:
The quote means that stories and dreams can hold deep truths, even if they never actually happened. These tales and dreams capture important lessons and emotions that last much longer than simple facts. For example, Aesop's Fables, like the story of the tortoise and the hare, aren't real events but they teach us valuable lessons about patience and hard work. Even though the specific events in the fable didn't happen, the truth behind the lesson stays relevant for many generations. People can use these lasting lessons to understand life better and make meaningful choices, even when the actual details fade away. Remembering the moral of a story or the feeling from a dream can inspire and guide us much more than cold, hard facts, which can be easily forgotten.
