You should always tell the truth, she thought, not because one lie leads to another, but rather because one lie could so easily lead you to that terrifying position from which, with just the help of a random dream, you can see, both back and ahead, the morass where truth and falsity are simply, for you, indistinguishable.


Chapter 7 Tiresias Descending, or Trouble on Triton (p. 329) - Triton (1976)

Samuel R. Delany Quotes

You should always tell the truth, she thought, not because one lie leads to another, but rather because one lie could so easily lead you to that...

You should always tell the truth, she thought, not because one lie leads to another, but rather because one lie could so easily lead you to that...

You should always tell the truth, she thought, not because one lie leads to another, but rather because one lie could so easily lead you to that...

You should always tell the truth, she thought, not because one lie leads to another, but rather because one lie could so easily lead you to that...