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“You need one person who knows you... Just one person you can't fool, even when you fool yourself.”
“But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better.”
“The best lies were the simplest and made the most sense, in the mind and in the mouth.”
“Grace hated lying, got no joy from it, and this was how she knew she wasn't pathological.”
“She hadn't realized she was lonely until she began to understand that other people were not.”
“I'd like to go home now,' she said softly. She hoped someone would show her the way.”
“Boys never seemed stupider than when they were surprised by the bad behavior of other men.”