" then suddenly, one day, yes becomes maybe, and maybe becomes no. Black is also gray at times, and white might really be black beneath. Smiles are not always true. Sometimes they are empty, false. The lights are on in the houses you pass, but the people inside are cloaked in darkness. Nothing you hear, nothing you see, is necessarily true. Getting older means learning how to leave with doubt and how to get home again. "

― V.C. Andrews , Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger (Dollanganger #7)