“Nadia,” she said, “you have a limited amount of time and emotional energy in your life, and you are squandering tons of it on this one situation just so you can maintain the idea you like to have of yourself as being a loyal friend.” “Look,” I said, in my own defense, “I didn’t call you for this truth bullshit.” (The late writer David Foster Wallace was right: The truth will set you free… but not before it’s done with you.)
