lies that speak truth

Dad got furious when we lied to him. No, Dad got furious then we lied to him.

— Brian Spellman

Secrets are like scars. The cut may no longer be there, but the scar’s white line tells a story. Unless you share it, it’s like you’re hiding a part of yourself the whole world can already see. They may not know how or the why, but they see it just the same.

— Robin M. King

We speak now, or I do, and others do. You've never spoken before. You will. Furthermore, you'll be able to say how the city is a pit and a hill and a standard and an animal that hunts and a vessel on the sea and the sea and how we are fish in it, not like the man who swims weekly with fish but the fish with which he swims, the water, the pool. I love you, you light me, warm me, you are suns. You have never spoken before.

— China Miéville