“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.”

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

“When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.”

“There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.”

“there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life... you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a ather. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than stealing.”

“Joseph shall return to Canaan, grieve not,Hovels shall turn to rose gardens, grieve not.If a flood should arrive, to drown all that's alive, Noah is your guide in the typhoon's eye, grieve not.”