The House That Ivy Built Inspirational Quotes Book

THE WISDOM OF THE IVYVERSE

BE HONEST

       Even before he acquired much knowledge about the human world and language, Weaver made this observation:

       Everyone lies, and everyone’s been bitten by a lie—either by telling one that comes back to haunt, or by being lied to by a person who should have told the truth. You stand to build better relationships in every area of life if you avoid lying:

       Unfortunately, some people don’t learn from their mistakes, and lying to people you care about is almost always going to be a mistake. Ivy thinks she’s lying about her abilities in order to protect her friends, but when they find out, this is the typical reaction:

       She came clean with these friends and their relationship continued mostly as normal, but at a later stage in her life, Ivy decides to try to lie about the unusual aspects of her life in order to try to experience a “normal” friendship with Todd. Ruben does not approve.

       Zeke more or less agrees, though he is more of the opinion that Ivy should do as she pleases:

       Ivy certainly has compelling reasons to keep up her façade, but they are based on dishonesty:

       Ivy’s attempts to be normal in order to continue her friendship with Todd do not end up working. She loses a friend because of it. She might not have gotten to keep Todd anyway even if she’d been honest, but spoils won dishonestly eventually become more bitter than sweet anyway.

       Ironically, Ivy gave Bailey this advice in Book 4 before disobeying it herself in Book 5:

       Bailey thinks the advice is bunk:

       They come to the conclusion together that revealing personal secrets is important if you want people to also be honest with you. But you have the right to keep certain things to yourself. It’s just important to allow full disclosure in any relationship that goes very far beneath the surface, and in any situation whose importance is high.


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