“True love will triumph in the end—which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.”

“Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.”

“But mothers lie. It's in the job description.”

“You’re arguing that the fragile, rare thing is beautiful simply because it is fragile and rare. But that’s a lie, and you know it.”

“For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.”

“Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?”

“But that's a lie, and you know it.”