“I always tell the truth, Stella replies. Although I sometimes confuse the facts.”
“but even the facts do not always tell the truth”
“Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.”
“Sometimes a symbol holds more power than the thing it represents. Like the symbol for Thing, the one I created that is confusing and abstract and makes people ask, What is that thing? And I always reply, “If you already knew, why did you ask?”
“How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell.”
“i will always tell you the truth.”