Truth Quote by Sara Gruen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”

“Sometimes when you get older—and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently—things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they're a part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they're not true—why, then you get offended.”

“After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.”

“How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?”

“The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in the details. This is how we must look to God. As if everything's just fine.”

“..we all do it. We talk about people we don't like until they become famous. Then we love 'em.”

“I thought about that while he made his next calls, while I kept on with the newsletters. I thought about it during Sunday service at Word of Life, and during study hours in my room, with the Viking Erin and her squeaky pink highlighter. What it meant to really believe in something—for real. Belief. The big dictionary in the Promise library said it meant”

“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”

“Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.”