The Lie Quotes

“What we put out into the universe comes back to us, but who can predict the amount of time it takes to make its return, or what form it will assume?”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“I told one of the monks that I was Christian, but this place, it felt so spiritual to me. Do you know what he said?” I shook my head. “‘Same God, different name.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“We are all of us an assimilation, a collection of bits and pieces of everything and everyone we love.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“It can be helpful to know and understand the motivation of the person who hurt you in order to forgive them, but it is not necessary, because forgiveness is a solitary act that requires only one participant.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“she was too timid to address them as a group, and so I saw something else in her that drew me. Another mask that I could wear in addition to becoming her husband was that of a caretaker.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“It was as if I were trying to lift the entire house above me, with all of its secrets and its silences.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“A dusty little town, the longing twang of a guitar chord, and the desolate landscape of Wyoming were all it took for me to know that Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist’s relationship was doomed from the start. When it ended, one dirty, bloodstained shirt lovingly folded into the other, it ended me too. It felt shameful to watch that video, like I was watching porn, but perhaps even more sinful, because shame made gay love feel more pornographic than actual porn.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“I built a wall around my friendship with Enzo, hiding it, but the things we hide become desperate to be seen.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“Without sadness, happiness cannot exist.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“Forgiveness is not given to help the one who hurt you, but to navigate through the pain in order to free yourself.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“can be helpful to know and understand the motivation of the person who hurt you in order to forgive them, but it is not necessary, because forgiveness is a solitary act that requires only one participant.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“He could never thoroughly enjoy the attention because he was always too concerned it might end.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

“When the gods want to punish you, they answer your prayers.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out