Just because they're a story doesn't mean they're not real.
“Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.”
“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- the...”
“Every concept of reality is all in our head, belief is what makes truth.”
“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”
“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”
“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”
“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”