“Maybe she'd just say she ran into a door; that seemed infinitely more plausible than the truth.”

“Indeed a lie is often more plausible than the truth. "Almost" always. The truth, of course, is never very plausible.”

“Why couldn't she just come out and say she liked him?Maybe it was because she more than liked him.”

“But if Crake wanted her to stay longer on any given night, do it again maybe, she'd make some excuse—jet lag, a headache, something plausible. Her inventions were seamless, she was the best poker-faced liar in the world, so there would be a kiss goodbye for stupid Crake, a smile, a wave, a closed door, and the next minute there she would be, with Jimmy.”

“Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction”

“George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.”