The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them - words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you’ve said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That’s the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller, but for want of an understanding ear.
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Stephen King (via subtlelights)
^ I first read this quote when I was in the 6th or 7th grade… and I remember thinking to myself that I would NEVER forget it. It’s remained one of my favorite pieces of writing ever because its one of those things I wish I had written on a laminated index card and could just pull it out whenever I was at a loss for words and let it explain me.
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