“Promises had value only between friends, when they did not need to be made at all: an oath that was worth anything had already been proved unnecessary.”
– DORIS LESSING The Four-Gated City
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And that’s life, isn’t it? Some achievements and disappointments.
– JULIAN BARNES The Sense of an Ending
“What I have learned from years of experience with lying is that you tell as close to the precise truth as you can. That’s the best technique, because the facts, as they are bound to emerge from questioning, investigation, and passage of time, will most support that kind of falsehood.”
– ELIA KAZAN The Arrangement
