Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is…

Cassandra Clare
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Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so they don’t have to, in a situation where telling them will change nothing.
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