"Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster."
"The scar, and her indifference to it, did something extraordinary for her, just as damage to some art object threw into relief how beautiful it had once been, tarnishing and tempering her face with the reminder of what humanity did to lovely things and how they bore it."
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Source: Ariana Franklin (2008). “The Serpent's Tale”, p.406, Penguin
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