There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

All writers start with a layer of truth, don't they? If not, their stories would be nothing but spools of cotton candy, a fleeting taste wrapped around nothing but air.

I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

The jury is supposed to be twelve peers, but technically that would mean every single person on the jury should have Asperger's syndrome, because then they'd really understand me.

You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.

You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong.