“The thing about denial is that it doesn't feel like denial when it's going on.”

“Those who have not discovered that worldview is the most important thing about a man… should consider the train of circumstances which have with perfect logic proceeded from this. The denial of universals carries with it the denial of everything transcending experience. The denial of everything transcending experience means inevitably… the denial of truth. With the denial of objective truth there is not escape from the relativism of “man the measure of all things.”

“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”

“My family's big on denial. And if we denied something long enough, we thought it'd go away. I know that's not how it works, but we're in denial about that, too.”

“Denial is an ugly thing.”

“[...] But my denial doesn't matter, because duty comes first.”