“Ruined by the truth”
“A lie is just a great story that someone ruined with the truth.”
“Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,to speak dishonorably is pardonable.”
“This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.”
“In flawed families, a scion appears who dedicates himself to the truth and who ruins himself in its pursuit.”
“This was what it was. The ruin of it. The depth of it. Have it once and you can have it again. That’s the riddle. That’s the truth.”