Truth Quote by Richard Yates — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Dying for love might be pitiable, but it wasn't much different, finally, from any other kind of dying.”

“Intelligent, thinking people could take things like this in their stride, just as they took the larger absurdities of deadly dull jobs in the city and deadly dull homes in the suburbs. Economic circumstances might force you to live in this environment, but the important thing was to keep from being contaminated. The important thing, always, was to remember who you were.”

“Self-manipulation is our medication. Mythology is our drug. The only cure is honesty.”

“Love cost its like working a full time job you got to put work and effort into it,and that's why it fails with a lot of people because they on the job part time !!! #GeminiStatus”

“The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.”

“But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them.”

“Smartass Disciple: Master, I feel really really confused about the truth.”

“I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself.”