“These,” he said gravely, “are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant.”
“If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.”
“We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts.”
“Despite everything you’ve tried over the years, isn’t it a fact that your mind still produces unpleasant pictures?”
“What’s the use of remembering anything? If it was unpleasant it was unpleasant and if it was pleasant it’s over.”
“The truth is that God is to be found in all things--even and most especially in the painful, tragic and unpleasant things.”