There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.
"In the silence between words, the true meaning of a story often resides."
When negotiating, don‘t aim for a bigger piece of the pie; aim to create a bigger pie.
Friendship is a matter of time investment.
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same...