The Tell (Oprah's Book Club)

by Amy Griffin

Perfection is a lonely pursuit.

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I had never heard him share this truth publicly. I studied him, wondering why the party line had changed, and so dramatically. It was a reminder that multiple stories could be true at the same time, that we select our narratives in accordance with how honest we want to be and how honest we can be with ourselves.

I had always associated the taking of drugs with loss of control. And in some way, that was exactly what it had given me. I no longer felt the same need to control everything in my life—that rigidity that I’d felt since I was a teenager had simply vanished.