“The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.”— Ruth Ozeki, amazon.com
“I learned so much from listening to people. The only thing I had was honesty and openness.”— Audre Lorde, amazon.com
“Men today will always play some sort of game, even the honest and trustworthy ones because a wise man isn’t stupid enough to treat every girl like a Queen.”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“Sometimes you can’t figure out the truth because you’re asking people that are emotionally or socially invested in you to be brutally honest. Often family or friends will tell you what you want to hear, or what they want to believe because of their emotional investment in the situation. Instead of c…”— Shannon Alder, facebook.com
“Sometimes I'm a bitch, and I'm not proud of it, but I try to be an honest bitch.”— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com
“It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”— Laura Ingalls Wilder, amazon.com