I'm a born liar myself and I know how it's done. You stick as close to the truth as you can. You pretend to volunteer a few bits of information, but the facts are all carefully selected for effect.

Sue Grafton
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  1. People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on... - Ayn Rand
  2. Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. - Sara Shepard
  3. Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong. - Paula Stokes
  4. Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber. - Robert Musil
  5. Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth. - Tamora Pierce
More Quotes By Sue Grafton
  1. Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.
  2. Let’s face it, life is trivial, and my guess is that dying imparts very little wisdom on those in process.
  3. I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.
  4. It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.
  5. Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.
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