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An unhappy fact about human psychology is probably at work here, which makes it hard to abolish lies once they have escaped into the world: We seem to be predisposed to remember statements as true even after they have been disconfirmed. For instance, if a rumor spreads that a famous politician once fainted during a campaign speech, and the story is later revealed to be false, some significant percentage of people will recall it as true--even if they were first exposed to it in the very context of its debunking. In psychology, this is known as the "illusory truth effect."

Rather than feeling grateful and protected, I felt sadness that we hadn't come together as a family to face her illness and support each other.

Ultimately, we all die, and the only question is, what have you done between the time you're born and the time you die? Did you make the most of this unique opportunity?

False encouragement is a kind of theft: It steals time, energy, and motivation that a person could put toward some other purpose.

To lie is to erect a boundary between the truth we are living and the perception others have of us.