A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Pretense in relationships creates a sterile atmosphere where simple interactions feel heavy with hidden meaning.
- In plain terms
- Lying to each other makes relationships cold and tense.
- What can you take from it?
- Honesty is needed to keep relationships alive.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does hiding truth affect you?
- What does honesty look like to you?
Another view
Sometimes politeness requires some level of pretense.
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