"There's always a price you pay when you lie. Once you introduce a lie into a relationship, even for the best of intentions, it is always there. Whenever youâ€™re with that person again, that lie is in the room too. It sits on your shoulder. Good lie or bad lie, it's in the room with you forever now. It's your constant companion."

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Source : Harlan Coben (2012). “Seconds Away (Book Two): A Mickey Bolitar Novel”, p.146, Penguin

Harlan Coben

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“You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.”

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