"No one speaks the truth all the time. It's human nature to lie." And she knew that from personal experience. Living a lie gave you new eyes with which to view the world. It let you see right through those false nicieties people fed you in order to be polite or because they felt like they had to say something. Lucy hated it.
"People dislike honesty because it isn't as flattering. I, however, prefer it to falsehoods."