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The Truth and Other Lies

Sascha Arango

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The liars among us will know that every lie must contain a certain amount of truth if it's to be convincing. A dash of truth is often enough, but it's indispensable, like the olive in the martini.”

“Betrayal is a riddle we want to solve”

“Man is his own worst enemy; women's worst enemy is other women.”

“life gives you everything—but never everything at once.”

“Find an enemy for life and you’ve no more need of a doctor.”

“The telepathic contact that comes with years of marriage is often misinterpreted by outsiders as silence. Before getting married, Henry too had assumed that couples who sit at restaurant tables and eat in silence have nothing to say to one another; he now knew that they make eloquent conversation without exchanging a word, sometimes even telling each other jokes.”

“Martha had warned him that success was a mere shadow that shifts with the moving sun.”

“Humans make mistakes, because they believe; humans rush headlong toward ruin, because they hope. Animals don't hope, they don't look into the future, and they don't doubt themselves.”

“Find an enemy for life and you've no more need of a doctor.”

“Anyone who discovers he or she has been systematically cheated on wants to know why and for how long and with whom. It’s normal. Betrayal is a riddle we want to solve.”

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Book Keywords:

hatred, crime, infidelity, enemies

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