When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.
...choosing words is harder than I thought.
Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.
Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you, Other times it's because they don't want to hear you!
No toys in the fish tank
People say it's better to know the truth, but what if the ending's a bad one? Is it still better to know? Or is it kinder to keep that string of hope dangling? To believe that maybe if you just wait long enough, everything could still end the way you want.