<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Real connection requires honesty. Polite... > Real connection requires honesty. Polite conversations that avoid every real topic leave people as strangers, while being authentic, even when it ruffles feathers, makes true closeness possible. **Source:** [[livestreams/Loneliness, Concentration, and the Practice of the Good Life - Workbook|Loneliness, Concentration, and the Practice of the Good Life]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Real connection requires honesty. Polite conversations that avoid every real topic leave people as strangers, while being authentic, even when it ruffles feathers, makes true closeness possible.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-real-connection-requires-true-closeness-possible ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->