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Tales of a Traveler, To the Reader • 1824
I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker admits they can never decide how much of their own stories to believe. The storyteller's confession blurs invention and memory, suggesting that tales retold often enough become hard to sort into truth and embellishment, even for the person telling them.
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