Sunday, March 08, 2009

'Just Listen'

"So you're always honest," I said.
"Aren't you?"
"No," I told him. "I'm not."
"Well, that's good to know, I guess."
"I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways."
"How'd you mean it, then?"
"I just...I don't always say what I feel."
"Why not?"

"Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said.

"Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though."


Sarah Dessen

1 comment:

Ilsa Diasty said...

i love this.
for other people, it's so easy to say what they feel. so easy that they can say it straightforward, tho it hurts someone else's feeling. and for me? i don't say what i feel. i just keep it. and it hurts me badly.