Not for a moment did he consider keeping a journal. He would never allow anyone to read his private thoughts; therefore, he did not risk writing them down. “I’d rather take it to my grave,” he said. And anyway, when was a journal ever honest? “It either tells a lot of truths to cover a single lie, ” he said, “or a lot of lies to cover a single truth.

Not for a moment did he consider keeping a journal. He would never allow anyone to read his private thoughts; therefore, he did not risk writing them down. “I’d rather take it to my grave,” he said. And anyway, when was a journal ever honest? “It either tells a lot of truths to cover a single lie, ” he said, “or a lot of lies to cover a single truth.

– Michael Finkel –

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

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