They lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.

Quote of the Week 19

"They lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them."
― Elena Gorokhova (A Mountain of Crumbs)


Triggered by the use of a variant of the quote attributed to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:

"We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie."


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