--Liar by Justine Larbalestier
“Being a liar is not an easy business. For starters, you have to keep track of your lies. Remember exactly what you’ve said and who you said it to. Because that first lie always leads to a second. There’s never ever just one lie. That’s why it’s best to keep it simple—gives you a better chance of tracking all the threads, keeping them spinning, and hopefully not propagating too many more. It’s hard work keeping all those lies in the air. Imagine juggling a thousand torches that are all tied together with fine thread. Or running the world’s most complicated machine with cogs on wheels on cogs on wheels on cogs. Even the best liars, even the ones with the longest memories, the best eye for detail and the big picture, even they get caught eventually. Maybe not in all their lies, but in one or two or more. That’s the way it is. I hate when that happens. When people figure out that what you were saying wasn’t true and your elaborate construction crumbles. The lies stop spinning, there’s no lubrication, gears grind on gears.”
--Liar by Justine Larbalestier
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