June Jordan Quote

As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the truth may be — that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.


On Call (1985), Ch. 10


As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the ...

As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the ...

As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the ...

As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the ...