Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“When people are telling the truth, they don’t feel doubted, so they don’t feel the need for additional support in the form of details. When people lie, however, even if what they say sounds credible to you, it doesn’t sound credible to them, so they keep talking.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence