Perfect Confessions

The most important things are usually the hardest to say. They're the things that you know exactly how to say, word by word. You know by heart all the stops and pauses. You know the right tones for each sentence. You've seen it happen in your head so many times, you begin questioning if it has actually already happened.

But.. Regardless.. You remain silent, you hold within you that perfect confession.

And for what reason?! Simple.. fear

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I once read a quote, a long long time ago. I think it also adds another reason.

'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.'

-Steven King

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