From another fine, often lyrical, book:
'But the main effect of truth telling is that it will interrupt the flow of lies. It will cause small rents in the fabric of our incarceration...

'One truth is a step toward freedom. Another truth is one more step. As a matter of fact, if one were to tell the truth once a day, I believe that the darkness that lies tend to cause would stop its progress in the life of that individual.'

Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking off the dead hand of history
Walter Mosley