‘So you’re always honest,’ I said.

‘Aren’t you?’

‘No, I told him. ‘I’m not.’

‘Well, that`s good to know, I guess.’

‘I’m not saying I’m a liar,’ I told him. He raised his eyebrows.

‘That’s not how I meant it, anyways.’

‘How’d you mean it, then?’

‘I just…I don`t always say what I feel.’

‘Why not?’

‘Because the truth sometimes hurts,’ I said.

‘Yeah,’ he said. ‘So do lies, though.’

— Sarah Dessen, Just Listen