It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.

Tell me Zach.” I don’t know if it was the wind or the adrenaline, but I shivered. “And don’t lie to me.

Somebody knows.

The most harmful lies and the most hurtful, always contain a grain of truth," he said. "But nevertheless, lies they do remain.

Patiesība ir darbs, meli ir slinkums. Patiesība ir meklēšana, ir cīnīšanās, sevis iztērēšana, nonākšana konfliktos un to risināšana ar savām sirds asinīm. Meli ir grūtību aizsegšana, izlikšanās, zināšanas iztēlošana tur, kur neko nezina, lai tikai nevajadzētu meklēt. Meli ir par kūtriem mesties konfliktos un tos atrisināt; tie izliekas, it kā konfliktu nebūtu bijis.

Even a lie told for a good purpose has a way of perpetuating itself, doesn't it? Look at all the trouble I caused by refusing to tell the truth about Sarah's father."

- Nell