“People prefer to avoid confronting deformity and when they do it's only for kicks.”
“Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite”
“I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.”
“People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws light on dark corners in their lives which they prefer to keep dark.”
“It turns out that when there is some conspicuous gap or contradiction at the center of someone's existence, there is probably a very specific, obvious reason for it, and the reason you're avoiding confronting it directly is that it's something you don't want to know.”
“On the whole, I try to avoid confrontations with deadly snakes.”