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"It's not a lie, Shallan said, "if everyone understands and knows what it means."Mm. Those are some of the best lies."
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"The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves."

"It's not a lie, Shallan said, "if everyone understands and knows what it means."Mm. Those are some of the best lies."
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