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But the fact is, the truth is a very dangerous thing and most people aren’t very careful with it because most of the time, they don’t even recognize it. Consequently, they end up lying when they think they’re being truthful, and spilling the truth when they think they’re covering up.

— Pat Cadigan

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Source: Naming Names, in Gardner Dozois (ed.) The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection, p. 370 (Originally published in Narrow Houses, edited by Peter Crowther)
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