The Honest Truth Quotes

“Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don't waste time being afraid of tomorrow.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Across far, dark miles a friend can still hold your hand and be there with you.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I thought of all my sickness, all my anger, all my fear. All that was just the darkness, just the storm. I got lost in it. But there's always the other side of the storm. And the people who get you there.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Everybody oughta have a dog," he said thoughtfully, his hand still scratching Beau. "Dogs teach you love and kindness. They remind you what's important." He nodded and took a sip of his coffee. "A life ain't much of a life without a dog in it, s'what I always said.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Here's what I don't get: why giving up always sounds good until you do it.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I loved the watch until I started hating time. And how it ran out.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Waking from nightmares.
Angel's voices pull me up.
Leave the wolves behind.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I don't know. I guess I like...I like...the feeling of catching something. Of saving something. It's like, I don't know, grabbing a little peice of life. All this stuff happens, all these little moments go flying past, and then they're gone. And then you're gone. But when you take a picture, that one moment isn't gone. You caught it. It's yours. And you get to keep it.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“My anger was strong enough to lift me to my feet and, one raised foot at a time, push me higher into the storm.
I kept going. The storm was fierce, but so was I.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I didn't say anything. Sometimes even the right answers sound wrong if you don't like the question. That's the truth.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“All the world is dark.
But together we build light;
Shared, it keeps us warm.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I was every different kind of sad there is. And every kind of determined, too. In all that I thought of, I never thought of stopping.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“But he was always there. Trusting me. Following me. My heart burned with black tears when I thought of where he was following me to. So I stoped thinking about it.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Life sucks. That's the truth. Here's what i don't get: why does everyone always try to pretend that it doesn't?”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Beau was a small dog. But size doesn't tell you anything about how important something is.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“What should a friend do? How to help, when helping and hurting are the same?”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I don't need them," I whispered, squinting out at the town, the shadows. "I don't need anybody." It was true, maybe, but I didn't like how my words sounded more mean than strong.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“She swallowed. I'm there. He didn't exactly say it proud. He didn't exactly say it scared. Like his words couldn't decide what part of his heart they came from. And her ears couldn't decide what part of her heart heard them.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“A sudden sharp stab of love drilled down into my heart. It was followed by a cold splash of sorry.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“She missed him with the kind of missing that almost feels like anger.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“The world is dark. But together we build light; shared, it keeps us warm.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“The aloneness howled louder than the wind.
Louder even, than my anger.
My teeth chattered.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“They would miss me. But they would be around to miss me. They got to go on living.
Jess had kept my secrect. So what. She'd had to keep the secret of where I was going to die -- but I was the one who had to go there and do the dying.
My mom would never get to tuck me in, sure. But I would ever be warm again.
My dad would sit alone at a dark table. I was going to die alone in a snowstorm.
They would cry when I was gone, but I would be the one who was gone. They had all the tomorrows in the world to start feeling better.
"It's not fair!" I shouted. The wind swallowed my words and blew them to icy dust.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“He's given me that silver pocket watch and I'd carried it everywhere. I'd loved it--until things got worse and its ticking sounded more like dark footsteps coming up behind me. I loved the watch until I started hating time. And how it ran out.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Here’s what I don’t get: just about anything. I don’t get any of it at all”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“—Y los hospitales son una mierda. Y los tratamientos son una mierda. Y que los amigos te vean enfermo es una mierda. Y ver a tus padres llorar es una mierda. Por lo tanto, es muy posible que lo único que quiera sea subir a una montaña y desaparecer.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Here's what I don't get: why people always think they can do something just because they want to.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“I knew all about anger. That's the truth.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“Even when you're talking to someone who might not know what you're saying, lying to good people just feels bad. But it had to be done. So I did it.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“The song sounded like it was about heartbreak, or hope, or maybe a little bit of both.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth