A statement can be truthful when it is said or written, but untruthful when it is heard or read.

A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.

It is not easy to keep a friend convinced that you still deserve to be kept as a friend, especially if you hate lying.

We often want to hear, not what is true, but what we want to hear.

Some lies are more useful than, or useful unlike, some facts.

The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.