What I cannot forgive is dishonesty - and no matter what, or how hard,…

Sylvia Plath
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What I cannot forgive is dishonesty - and no matter what, or how hard, I would rather know the truth of which I today had such a clear & devastating vision from his mouth than hear foul evasions, blurrings and rattiness.
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