The Little Liar

by Mitch Albom

At that moment, he cursed the one missing member of his family, his younger brother, Nico, and he swore he would find him one day, make him pay for all this, and never, ever, forgive him.

But here is the funny thing about truth: the less real something seems, the more people want to believe it.

“People say many things. Some are true. Some are lies. Sometimes, if you say a lie long enough, people believe it’s the truth.

because he seemed so untouched by earthly deceit.

Many today are unaware that the Nazis, in their efforts to conquer the continent, invaded Greece and claimed that hot country as their own.

They did there what they did in Poland, Hungary, France, and elsewhere: rounded up the Jewish citizens and led them to their slaughter.

“it’s going to happen. The Germans. They are coming.” Lazarre pulls the curtains closed. “They’re not coming,” he says. “They’re here.”

“Don’t worry. They will all be gone soon.”

You choose a sliver of Truth here, a sliver there. You disregard the parts that displease you, and soon your plate is full.

But just as ignoring proper food will ultimately decay your body, so will handpicking the Truth eventually rot your soul.

“It’s easy to be nice when you get something in return. It’s harder when nobody knows the good you are doing except yourself.”

So he did not say a word. And with that silence, he changed his brother’s life forever.

Of all the lies you tell yourself, perhaps the most common is that, if you only do this or that, you will be accepted.

Would a lamb be protected from a wolf simply by walking alongside it?

But there remained a logistical challenge: How could he get his victims there?

What cover story could fool that many people on a trip to their own massacre?