#truth

Be careful, Hally." "Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it. ↗

— Athol Fugard

#careful #hally #life #master-harold #master-harold-and-the-boys

Life's most obvious truths are the hardest to see but once you've burned everything to the ground they are the only things left standing. André Chevalier ↗

— Nikki Sex

#life-philosophy #truths #life

The letter came at a time in his life when the battle inside his soul could have tipped either way. ↗

— Lora Leigh

#life

I wanted to say a certain thing to a certain man, a certain true thing that had crept into my head. I opened my head, at the place provided, and proceeded to pronounce the true thing that lay languishing there—that is, proceeded to propel that trueness, that felicitous trularity, from its place inside my head out into world life. The certain man stood waiting to receive it. His face reflected an eager accepting-ness. Everything was right. I propelled, using my mind, my mouth, all my muscles. I propelled. I propelled and propelled. I felt trularity inside my head moving slowly through the passage provided (stained like the caves of Lascaux with garlic, antihistamines, Berloiz, a history, a history) toward its debut on the world stage. Past my teeth, with their little brown sweaters knitted of gin and cigar smoke, toward its leap to critical scrutiny. Past my lips, with their tendency to flake away in cold weather— ↗

— Donald Barthelme

#language #speech #truth #life

Even one voice in a wilderness of ignorance is a voice that is heard by someone. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#knowledge #life-lessons #power #truth #life

Unhappy times are the best for levity. You don't light candles in the middle of the day, do you? ↗

— Joe Ambercrombie

#life

Why is this so hard?” I whispered. His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. “Everything worth fighting for is hard. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#hard #jace-hammond #love #truth #love

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#missing-someone #truth #worst-thing #love

That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#first-love #heart #love #same-person #truth

I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#truth #love