“A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.”
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
“If you will lie about the little things, before long you’ll lie about bigger things.”
“...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.”
“What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are small maters to what lies within us.”
“Who’s the bigger liar?Me or them?Isn’t lying about love the worst lie? Isn’t that worse than anything I’ve ever done?”