Homely truth is unpalatable.

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you…”

“I was gradually coming to have a mysterious and shuddery reverence for this gir…”

“One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed …”

“To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and e…”