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"Sometimes honesty -- even brutal honesty -- is the right and necessary thing, even in touchy situations. Sometimes it's not. Part of being a good friend, and a mature adult, is learning how to distinguish between the two. Knowing what issues ARE important enough to you to risk the relationship; which times the hard truth can be heard, and how to deliver it; and when the best thing you can do is watch someone you care about do potentially self-destructive things, and just be there for them if they fall."
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