She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult....Examine your words well, and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings -- much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

[I]t is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

It’s never too late to be who you might have been!

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.