No sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting lies, merely that which is!

Will you let me go for Christ’s sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?

I often talk to people who say, ‘No, we have to be hopeful and to inspire each other, and we can’t tell [people] too many negative things’ . . .  But, no — we have to tell it...

We all suffer from dreams

You lied to us. You gave us false hope. You told us that the future was something to look forward to. And the saddest thing is that most children are not even aware of the...

Pops added,”you know, they say if you don’t vote, you get the government you deserve.””And if you do, you never get the results you expected,” (Katherine) replied.

False hope is a terrible thing, if its the only thing keeping you alive you’ll be dead by dawn.

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

People aren’t interested in the truth, Dafar. They’re interested in what keeps them safe. They’re interested in being looked after. They’re interested in a tale being spun… Mighty men have moments of great despair that...

Because sometimes people who seem goodend up being not as good as you might have hoped.

He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children’s story, where the stupid girl opens the box that God gave her, and all the evils of the world fly out, except Hope, which...

That would be the death of anyone – to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn’t know that. If it is offered, refuse!

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway