If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream. Truth is a fringe phenomenon.
Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividin...
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
Do you think I lie to you?No.But you think I might lie to you about dying.Yes.Okay. I might. But we're not dying.Okay.
Everyone lies... It may not be about the same thing, but everyone does it. People do it to fit in, people do it to feel civilized, and there are many more reasons. You can be an honest person, and sti...
I believe in one truth is horror, truth puts you in the darkness and it's difficult to find way out, lies are the lightness you hear the stuff which you want to hear.
One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.
I am glad that I can tell the truth, for lies are a form of theft; the liar steals from another person's trust. There are liars all over the world who have grown rich on the trust they have stolen.
All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
Very soon she'll join all the others who know the secret and will not tell it. Or cannot. Or try and fail because they do not know enough. They can be recognized. White faces, dazed eyes, aimless gest...
The freedom of our people is more important! Julie says fiercely. We will never stop fighting, never stop working for what is right!Jack just smiles at her. That’s a nice lie to believe, he says.
I wonder why people you have to meet have to be such liars. They lie as if their lives depended on it.
Can't you see? Before you knew the truth, we were happy. What's the god in ferreting out the truth all that time? It's always unpleasant.""Is it only lies that are Pleasant?""Usually. That's why peopl...
We're going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.
This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses.
The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.
The false innocenceyou render for themby censoring truthprotects only you.
In Jupiter, there are Earth-Size storms; and in Earth, there are Jupiter-Size lies!
After all, the lies did serve to keep something from somebody, and the somebody was us.