“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
— Khaled Hosseini, book The Kite Runner
Baba (58)
Source: The Kite Runner (2003)
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