That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In fact, they prefer it.

Once upon a time wasn't as long ago as it used to be.

No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.

Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

Since you won't give me your names I'll call you Thing One and Thing Two.

I wondered if I had offended him. I wondered if I cared.

If I wasn't dead already, I'd said I was having a heart attack.