I was good at fabricating the truth when necessary to protect someone, even myself.

We could have simply passed like ships in the night, with serendipity eluding us.

We’re always taught that bad things happen to bad people and we believe that we’re somehow above experiencing a tragedy, but we learned that’s all bullshit.

We must all face our demons sooner or later.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

The tricky part of any lie is trying to figure out how you'd behave if you were innocent.