Question

In "By the Waters of Babylon," what does John's father mean when he says this?

"Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth."
A. It is better if the truth comes little by little than all at once.
B. It is better to die from starvation than to die from the truth.
C. It is better to hunt for food than to hunt for the truth.
D. It is better to hunt for the truth than to hunt for food.