# Quote — Emma Newman, Planetfall

> That was the second major lie I told that week. It gets easier, in some ways; now I lie without expending any effort. But I think each one has its own weight. One alone may barely register, like a grain of sand in the palm of one’s hand. But soon enough there’s more than can be held and they start to slip through our grasp if we’re not careful.
>
> I’m always careful.

- Author: [Emma Newman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman.md)
- Book: [Planetfall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman/planetfall.md)
- Page: 72
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_Newman#Planetfall_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman/planetfall/that-was-the

## More from this book

> I’m not going to let that stupid, crazy woman convince everyone that doing this to me is God’s work! She’s just bored and if they knew—

p. 263 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman/planetfall/im-not-going.md)

> He doesn’t answer. I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud.

p. 270 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman/planetfall/he-doesnt-answer.md)

> As a scientist, I know this is madness. But I also know this is an act of faith.

p. 305 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-newman/planetfall/as-a-scientist.md)