Make the victim of your lie the liar. Commit wholeheartedly to this, embellish the story constantly, repeat the narrative faithfully and consistently so that you and everyone around you eventually forget the original lie and certainly lose the compulsion, will, or courage to pursue the truth. Isn't this the story of so much of history? The powerful create the lie, package it, and propel it on its way for all eternity.
-- Eve Ensler, The Apology, p. 59
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