We Lies and Deceit Quotes

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Quote #4

Not dreaming at all. If you will, "standing in adoration." (8.6)

Liar! Here, he's coming more and more to I-330's way of thinking, and possibly lying to himself as a way of escaping it.

Quote #5

I write all this merely in order to demonstrate how strangely confused our precise and sharp human reason may become. (11.2)

Here, he's admitting the possibility of deceit in human reasoning: in the ability to deceive oneself as well as others.

Quote #6

And now I am no longer able to distinguish what is dream from what is actuality; irrational numbers grow through my solid, habitual, tridimensional life; and in· stead of firm, polished surfaces, there is something shaggy and rough. (18.3)

This gets pretty heavy: the idea that reality itself is deceiving him—has always been deceiving him—and now its true nature may finally be showing itself.