“I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.”
“Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.”
“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.”
“Not only did I lie about lying, but I lied about lying about lying. And you’d better believe that’s the truth.”
“The trick is that you have to believe the lie and believe it so much that the lie becomes the truth.”
“in a rash moment he decided to lie his way to the truth. If he wasn't mistaken, Ellen Magnusson had had very little experience with the police. She would assume that they searched for the truth by being honest themselves. She was the one who would lie, not the police.”