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Meg invited me to come again, but I always had reasons why I couldn’t: my schedule was busy, bus fare wasn’t cheap. Both of which were true, even if they weren’t the truth.

The truth never hurts worse than finding out someone you care about lied to you.

Alexander McCall Smith

There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.

Alanna didn’t approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber.

Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong.

Alexander McCall Smith

There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.

Alanna didn’t approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber.

Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong.