Quotations - II

"The Kite Runner" had some beautiful words on innocence & lies -

"And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."

"There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft... When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness."

Couldn't agree more. And there are of course people for whom it's "knowing" that matters the most - hold back their truth, give them half-truths, talk vague with them, or tell them you need not explain; and you have broken the most implicit understanding with them. And then there are of course times when a lie reveals more than the truth would have.