Nothing makes a man feel older than a young woman. - Patrick Rothfuss

I'll admit, I was disappointed to learn that dragons didn't exist. That's a hard lesson for a boy to learn.
Chronicler smiled. "Honestly, I was a little disappointed myself. I went looking for a legend and found a lizard. A fascinating lizard, but a lizard just the same."

Why do we stop for the greystones?"
"Tradition, my boy," he said grandly, throwing his arms wide. "And superstition. They are one and the same, anyway."

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.