“A lie is a broad and spacious and glittering thing, sweeping belief before it from its very…”
“A lie is a broad and spacious and glittering thing, sweeping belief before it from its very grandeur. But the truth fits, like an old man cutting cloth in an attic.”
– Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate (via weaveadream)
Reposted from http://lies.tumblr.com/post/70309760191.
Tags: I have not read this, but I approve of the attempt to characterize what a lie is, in figurative language, for that attempt is itself a lie, obviously, and therefore true.
