Out of all the books that John Irving's written so far, my favourite is "The Cider House Rules."

You know how, sometimes, you'll read something and it'll just stay with you forever? Well, there was this one line where Dr. Wilbur Larch muses, "When you lie, you feel as if you've cheated fate --- your own and everybody else's."

You wanna know why that stayed with me?

Because, among other things, it's helped me spot a liar.

I think it's just pathetic and sad when people feel the need to lie to make themselves fit in and sound more interesting.

I think with age, I've just become one of those people who just doesn't give a shit anymore. That's why I don't care if people know that I'm alone or that I've come so far from where I used to be...or where I should be.

People make mistakes and maybe they end up in places where they really shouldn't be in, but even if you don't like the way your life's going, own up to it and take responsibility for where you're at now, instead of trying to paint a rosy picture of where you think you should be --- 'cause you sure as hell ain't.