“I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.”
― The House of the Scorpion
― The House of the Scorpion
“Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.”
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“Over time, any deception destroys intimacy, and without intimacy couples cannot have true and lasting love.”
― Financial Infidelity: Seven Steps to Conquering the #1 Relationship Wrecker
― Financial Infidelity: Seven Steps to Conquering the #1 Relationship Wrecker
“I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.”
― City of Thieves
― City of Thieves
“... what you think is right isn't the same as knowing what is right.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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