Truth.It feels cool, like water washing over my sticky-hot body. Cooling a heat that's been burning me up all my life. Truth, I say inside my head again, just for that feeling.

Kathryn Stockett
About This Quote

In this quote from the book "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green, the author uses his metaphor of an ice bath to illustrate how he feels about truth. He says that truth feels cooler than anything else in the world, and that it cools his hot body down to a manageable temperature.

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