“I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.”

“Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing.”

“Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it appears to be its opposite.”

“We aren't eccentric, we're not bizarre. To each other, we're as normal and nice as the smell of bread, we were just a family. In a family, even exaggerations make perfect sense; they are always logical exaggerations, nothing more.”

“Is that true?There is truth in it.And lies as well?There is an untruth, and an exaggeration.”

“We’re as common as rain.” And she was right: to each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread, we were just a family. In a family, even exaggerations make perfect sense; they are always logical exaggerations, nothing more.”