“All me lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it ... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.”

“You lie,” he said. “All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it … though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.”

“Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.”

“Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.”

“A lie is not so bad if it is kindly meant. If only she believed them...”

“Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”

“I’m not afraid to die.” It was only half a lie.”