“The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.”
Brad Meltzer book The Inner Circle
Source: The Inner Circle
“Everybody thinks they want to see the truth,” said Tenkswa-Tawa. “That’s one of the lies we tell ourselves.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 16 “Labor” (p. 307).
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