Natasha:
Eric, how did you get this way?
Eric Ericson:
What way?
Natasha:
So smart.
Eric Ericson:
My father was a mathematics professor.
Natasha:
But this not lying at all. Where did that come from? IBM?
Eric Ericson:
No, from my father. "Truth", he said, "is what it's all about; life, love, everything".
Natasha:
But within limits, Eric.
Eric Ericson:
No, that's just the point; once you begin to lie, even little lies, you open the door and they come swarming in on you - half the miseries of the world - crime, ignorance, spies, wars. Take wars - do you know one war, Natasha, the wasn't based on lies? Outright lies?
Natasha:
But you can't live that way; not one person alone. You can't.
Eric Ericson:
I won't say it's easy. In fact, as my father was about to die - I was at his side - he said "Eric, I take it back - you must learn to lie, you can't live that way".
Natasha:
You see?
Eric Ericson:
But when I think of the trouble that people who do lie get into... No!
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