It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.

Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust?Very nearly everyone, come to think of it...

A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES."So we can believe the big ones?"YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.