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“A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.” quote by Carlos Ruiz Zafon — Download Open image

“A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.”

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“nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds.”

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“Wise men think and speak alike.”

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“Time plays for the other team.”

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Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact create a labyrinth of a story with four different points of entry. But what interested me was creating something that would rearrange itself every time you read one of the other books. So depending on which order you…

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Waiting is the rust of the soul.

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“The main pillar of organized religion, with few exceptions, is the subjugation, repression, even the annulment of women in the group. Woman must accept the role of an ethereal, passive, and maternal presence, never of authority or independence, or she will have to suffer the consequences. She might have a place of honor in the symbolism, but not in the…

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