“Most truth's are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.”
“The thing is, I don't even hate cops. To tell you the truth, I actually feel a little sorry for them.”
“At least I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had. Not to preach to them, but to give it to them if they cared to hear it.”
“People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.”
“I used to feel sorry for them, or sad. Not so much any more. Now I wonder what they did, and I know what they did, and all I can think is how all that water is barely enough to cover it up.”
“There are too many people too angry at a world that isn't the least bit angry at them.”