"Something can be true and untrue at the same time," is a contradictory statement that I agree with. The sentence "Blood clotting is always a good thing" is both true and untrue because it is good to have your blood coagulate to stop bleeding in injuries, but it is harmful when blood clots in your brain which can cause death. With this situation, it is both "true and untrue at the same time."
The sentence, "The real story isn't the official story; the real story is my version (wrong, too, but aware that it's wrong) of the official story," is mind-blowing. I have to read it a several times and contemplate on what the writer is trying to say. If you aren't paying attention, you will have no idea what the author is saying. Grr, it actually makes me have to concentrate...but this sentence is good because it makes me think deeper, and I don't want to. Once you look deeper into the meaning of this sentence it actually makes sense. It is saying that the "real" story for this person is what that person thinks of what really happened even though it may be wrong. Wow, even that sentence kind of hurts my head. It's simply saying that reality is different for all of us. In that case, what is the "official" story if everyone is wrong? Oh my, I'm not going to answer that one.
I like how Shields opens his chapter "Contradiction" with, "This sentence is a lie." I don't understand how that sentence can be a lie when it doesn't lie about anything. I guess it is just that everything is in the eye of the beholder which is exactly what happens with reality. Reality is what each person thinks or believes which can and will be different from others.
Reality is paradoxical because reality is what we think is real when we perceive and think of our situations. However, what is real? Real is different for everybody so reality can't be real, but wait it can. What? Exactly.
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