“Some people confuse being blunt with being honest.”
“Sometimes people confuse offering their opinion as “I’m just being honest.” What’s left out of this sentence is “… about what I think.”
“Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.”
“I believe if something needs to be said, people should say it. Blunt doesn't stab as deep as being cut by a secret.”
“(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.”
“and like most people who have spent much of their adult life being emotionally dishonest, I overcalculated the sympathy a final being honest would bring”