When we think "double life, " we think about affairs, tax evasion, even pedophilia and rape, says Dr. Gail Saltz, the author of "Anatomy of a Secret Life: The Psychology of Living a Lie, " but in the United States a terror plot seems relatively far-fetched.

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It is a wonderful feeling to wake up on the first day, to realize that we are now living in a new home in a new city in a new country, and to wonder what experiences lie ahead.

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She knows maids who, in social situations, lie about what they do for a living.

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By now we treat the place like we own it: we eat the yogurt her mom makes in glass cups on a warming machine, we lie on the living-room couch with our sock feet on the armrests.

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In this life, we ALWAYS have a choice between being genuine and living a lie.

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