"A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help."

-- Lionel Shriver

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“I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of magick. The most well-known of these is, of course, I love you. But by far the most deadly is, if only. For these two words can strip a man's strength, his courage and his confidence. They become the father of regret and anguish and pain.”
“That face. That body. And you know heâ€™s packing. Look at the angle on that dangle.”
“The more we have the less we own.”
“Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them drop the mask, at least for a moment, so he can capture on his film their real, undistorted personality and character.”
“A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.”

Source : Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage
“The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.”
“Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.”
“These feet have walked ten thousand miles working for white folks and another ten thousand keeping up with colored.”

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