Krystal Ball Quotes

You cannot hide yourself from any situation.

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

Strength, to me, is about exposing vulnerabilities and foibles and facts and people that are honest.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.

Let me get you to understand I don't bully anybody. I stand up for what I believe in and I'm very honest and I always tell the truth. I'm not a liar, I'm not manipulative and I don't stab you in your back because I will stab you in your chest.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

To write well you must be willing to go naked into the world.

I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are. To become honest is in effect to become fully and robustly incarnated into powerlessness.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

Even if you hurt my feelings and you lie, be a man and admit it. I'd rather someone be honest to me.