'I only lie to my husband, because I love him.'

いまパラッと読んでいる本（"love-very short introduction")の中の一節。

‘Take a look at the lovers,’ wrote the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, ‘no sooner acquainted, how quickly they lie!’ A young woman once boasted that she never lied to her lovers. When challenged, she clarified: ‘I only lie to my husband, because I love him. I never lie to my lovers.’ Perhaps she was wise: only with the most beloved are the stakes likely to be too high to tell the truth. Lies are told for many reasons, but most, perhaps, are intended to spare a loved one suffering. 

深いよなあ。「恋人には嘘をついたことがない。でも、夫は別。愛しているから」

傷つけまい、苦しめまいとして嘘をつくこともあるんだ、と。

 聖なる嘘つき/その名はジェイコブ

こんど観てみようかなあ。