*The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.* [*V.S. Naipaul*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3989.V_S_Naipaul?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Happy birthday, V.S. Naipaul! After the publication of his novella, The Suffrage of Elvira, the Trinidad-born British writer copied out many of the reviews by hand for his mother to read.