There is nothing pleasant about the truth in such crisis situations, but denial is increasingly dangerous to all involved.
Publicly, Daddy described those years as "idyllic" and "pleasant," but the truth was something much lonelier and more corrosive.
"But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about anyone else".
It often wasn't pleasant, and the truth is that the place affected me far more than I cared to admit at the time.
But in truth, a "pleasant, straightforward life" might not have been preferable, artistically speaking: Kafka, who worked in an insurance office, was one of many artists who have thrived on fitting creative activities around the edges of a busy life.
Does your child get all A's, do her homework ahead of time, have pleasant manners, tell the truth, always do what she is told, in fact, please you every second?
I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion".
The pleasant surprise is that "Yours in Truth" is not about heroes.
After all, if truth were easy or pleasant, it would not be in such short supply.
Jonas, interrogating a for-hire assassin, says to him, "If my questions don't produce the truth, other accommodations, less pleasant — you understand me? — can be arranged".
"Truth is not always pleasant.
