“Not thinking about a thorn doesn’t make it hurt your foot less.”

Source: Tangled Up In You

Source: The Wizard of London

"Inside the Actors Studio," 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBBtYcK9Jb8

Source: Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 13

"Confessions of a Hypocrite: Utopia in the Age of Ecocide" Kosmos (2016) https://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/confessions-of-a-hypocrite-utopia-in-the-age-of-ecocide/

Mayor Gherkin, Chapter 8, p. 120
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)
Context: ... but what I eventually came to understand was that if a woman truly loves you, you can't always expect her to tell the truth. You see, women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think the truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn't mean they don't love you.

Source: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Source: East of Eden