“Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere”
“Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.”
“All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.”
“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.”
“I'm sorry. Is that too harsh an observation for you? Does that sound too much like the Truth? Fuck you. If anyone in this shithole city gave two tugs of a dead dog's cock about Truth, this wouldn't be happening.”
“You spend way too much time confusing silence with strength.”