By Fate I Conquer (Sins of the Fathers, #4)

by Cora Reilly

I’d never understood people who chose obliviousness over information, who weren’t driven by strong curiosity to know everything.

Maybe because they are scared of the truth information might reveal. It can be called cowardliness or self preservation depending on the perspective.

with lying it was crucial that you hid the lie behind a part truth.

He always said women were treated like the weaker sex because they acted like it, but his protectiveness sometimes made it difficult to act out of my comfort zone.