Heart of Darkness
What does Marlow mean when he says that “there is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies”?
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.
Marlow chastises himself for letting the brick maker think he's influential. To Marlow, lying is the slow destruction of the soul: it destroys one's inner truth. He thinks he is no different than the disgusting pilgrims he hates so much.