“The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.”
“The prettiest people do the ugliest things.”
“Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.”
“It is better to be hurt with the truth than to be encouraged with lies...”
“There are worse things than a lie and there are better things than the truth!”
“Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.”