There are so many of us, so many girls. The world wants us for our wombs or our bodies, or it doesn't want us at all.

Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.

A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.

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

Even if he could not see them, several lifetimes of listening to emperors, kings, princes, politicians and thieves had taught him that it was often not what people said, but what they did not say that revealed the truth.

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you build some. These are justifications for your lies.