But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
Her clothes were filled with safety pins and hidden tears.
I prefer to have some beliefs that don't make logical sense.
He had a thousand-year-old stare.
People forget the good, because the bad has more punch.