“To be young is to be powerless, but to have delusions of power. To believe that one can really change things, make the world better and simpler in good and simple ways. To grow old is to realize that nobody is ever good, nothing is ever simple. That truth is cruel at first, but finally comforting.”
“Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.”
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
“No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be.”
“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”