"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"Truth is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes."

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."

"I was with book, as a woman is with child"

"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."