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232fdaa
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Truth or lie... he had always chosen the lie, to spare his little brother any unpleasant truth.
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brothers
family
fantasy
liar
lies
siblings
truth-or-lie
young-adult-fantasy
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Cornelia Funke |
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a136f7d
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"When an orphan is depressed," wrote Wilbur Larch, "he is attracted to telling lies. A lie is at least a vigorous enterprise, it keeps you on your toes by making you suddenly responsible for what happens because of it. You must be alert to lie, and stay alert to keep your lie a secret. Orphans are not the masters of their fates; they are the last to believe you if you tell them that other people are also not in charge of theirs. When you lie, it makes you feel in charge of your life. Telling lies is very seductive to orphans. I know," Dr. Larch wrote. "I know because I tell them, too. I love to lie. When you lie, you feel as if you have cheated fate--your own, and everybody else's."
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lies
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John Irving |
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e519206
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A life without envy, hatred and lies was not a life worth living.
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hatred
lies
madame-de-prie
twilight
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Stefan Zweig |
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1bb76be
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The best lies stay close to the truth.
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fairytales
liar
lies
truth
truth-and-lies
young-adult
young-adult-fantasy
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Cornelia Funke |
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35d05ac
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The world was ersatz and actual, forged and faked, by ourselves and unseen others. Daring to attempt to absolutely sort fake from real was a folly that would call down tigers or hiccups to cure us of our recklessness. The effort was doomed, for it too much pointed past the intimate boundaries of our necessary fictions.
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dreams
ersatz
fiction
jonathan-lethem
lies
reality
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Jonathan Lethem |
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e027976
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Sally felt herself getting in the mood to tell some really great lies. It was a special feeling of power.
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lies
lying
sally-wilcox
spooksville
the-wishing-stone
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Christopher Pike |
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d0a4d51
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Everyone remembers things which never happened. And it is common knowledge that people often forget things which did. Either we are all fantasists and liars or the past has nothing definite in it.
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lies
memory
reality
truth
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Jeanette Winterson |
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937e881
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Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.
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lies
truth
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Jacqueline Carey |