“I made him swear he'd always tell me nothing but the truth.
I promised him I never would resent it.
No matter how unbearable, how harsh, how cruel. How come
He thought I meant it?”

— Judith Viorst

"Nothing but the Truth" http://books.google.com/books?id=uW5bAAAAMAAJ&q=%22I+made+him+swear+he%27d+always+tell+me+nothing+but+the+truth+I+promised+him+I+never+would+resent+it+No+matter+how+unbearable+how+harsh+how+cruel+How+come+He+thought+I+meant+it%22, How Did I Get to be Forty & Other Atrocities (1976)

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