There seems to be something truer than the objective, and it’s wrapped up in time, felt in your very awareness of the future, and only properly discussed with metaphor.
"For they are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited." - C.S. Lewis
“Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost” - Khalil Gibran
“Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.” - Arthur Schopenhauer