Thursday, January 31, 2008

Everybody lies

It is as if he had educated me. He says, "We do not need to lie to each other." Always the same wish, not to have to lie, but we will, of course, at the first sign of danger, of vulnerability, of jealousy, of withdrawal; we will lie to make an illusory relationship, a perfect one, without wounds.

Anais Nin (1903-1977)_The Diary of Anais Nin_, Volume I [1966], "May 1933"