“When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.'” ChildrenLittlesRealMatterCertainRealizingTablesLaysFolksAfrican AmericanTelling The TruthHoneyGet Real Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth - whatever the truth may be - that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.” MayChildrenMoralTaughtTruth IsAdultsPainfulTelling The TruthSensationsI Have LearnedMoral Life Book:Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays Source: Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays