full story

perfectly timed quotes are nice.
this one recently came to me by way of the end of the book; the end of an era. or i suppose just a segue to the next chapter.

"my point is that this is not the full story...
full stories are as rare as honesty, as precious as diamonds.
if you are lucky enough to uncover one,
a full story will sit on your brain like lead.
they are difficult.
they are long winded.
they are like stories God tells:
full oy impossibly particular information."

~Zadie Smith, White Teeth