The Little Liar

by Mitch Albom

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?

“There is a lesson in that story,” he said. “Do you know what it is?” The boys waited as Lazarre looked out to sea. “A man, to be forgiven, will do anything,” he said.

Kill them all.

Weddings forged in love are about planning for the future; weddings forged in fear are about surviving it.

Gizella: “The people here, they don’t like Jews. For me, it makes no difference. We are all children of God.”

Fannie: “I don’t understand you. I’m sorry.” Gizella: “I don’t understand you. I’m sorry.”

Fannie felt a warmth rising inside her, something she hadn’t felt in a long time. At thirteen, she lacked the vocabulary to explain it. But I can tell you what it’s called. Belonging.

But a lie comes in many disguises; sometimes, it looks like safety.

This does not count the weight of his deceptions, which is beyond calculation.

“Always remember this,” he said. “Si khohaimo may pachivalo sar o chachimo.” “What does it mean?” Nico asked. “‘Some lies are easier to believe than the truth.’”

leaving alone the body of a teenager who’d been shot at the very moment of his liberation,

that someone still considered her existence worthy of a search,

When it comes to lies, governments can outlast anyone.

Udo knew he had been absolved of his sins. The priest was wrong. He didn’t need God at all.

For me, true love is easy. It’s the kind where you do not lie to yourself.

The truth of love is that when it fades away, you don’t really care less. You don’t care at all.

Then he added, in a final whisper that made her shiver: “Tell the world what happened here.”