“A life, a history, whole patterns of existence altered, simply by doing nothing. The silent lie. The act of omission.”

“People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.”

“But once in a while the odd thing happens,Once in a while the dream comes true,And the whole pattern of life is altered,Once in a while the moon turns blue.”

“Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.”

“Are you lying by omission? Because by not telling me something I should know you are lying to me still. Or allowing me to believe something that isn’t true is just like lying. Are you doing either of those things right now?”After a moment’s thought, Asmoday simply says, “Yes.”“Are you going to elaborate?”“No.”

“If you want to become a man of letters and perhaps write some Histories one day, you must also lie and invent tales, otherwise your History would become monotonous. But you must act with restraint. The world condemns liars who do nothing but lie, even about the most trivial things, and it rewards poets, who lie only about the greatest things.”