“Sometimes, I said, a lie is the way of least pain for everyone.”
“Because sometimes I lie, Perry. We all lie, even you, but not everyone is brave enough to admit it.”
“I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.”
“Sometimes, Edie, a person's feelings aren't rational. At least, they don't seem that way on the surface. You have to dig a little deeper to understand what lies at the base”
“Atticus sometimes said that one way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch.”
“I'd never lie to you, though," Raquel said, then laughed. "I'm kidding! Of course I would. I lie to everyone. Honest!”