Patrick Chamoiseau. Texaco New York: Vintage International, 1998. (121-122)

In what I tell you there's the almost-true, the sometimes-true, and the half true. That's what telling a life is like, braiding all of that like one plaits the white Indies currant's hair to make a hut. And the true-true comes out of that braid. And Sophie, you can't be scared of lying if you want to know everything...