How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
In that second it really hits me how deep and complex the lies are, how they run through Portland like sewers, backing up into everything, filling the city with stench: the whole city built and constructed within a perimeter of lies. (16.71)
This analogy is similar to the smoke and mirrors one, except it makes us picture Portland as a rickety tower of lies. When Lena pulls the lowest block out of that tower, the whole thing collapses.