Only the magic and the dream are true — all the rest's a lie.
Jean RhysTell me Zach.” I don’t know if it was the wind or the adrenaline, but I shivered. “And don’t lie to me.
Ally CarterStichwörter: lies gallagher-girls
But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary.
Michael GrantStichwörter: reality lies hope fantasy
In your novels do you lie deliberately or just out of ignorance?"
Laughter. A murmur of approval. The writer hesitated a few seconds. Then counter-attacked:
"I'm a liar by vocation," he shouted. "I lie with joy! Literature is the only chance for a true liar to attain any sort of social acceptance."
Then more soberly, he added - his voice lowered - that the principal difference between a dictatorship and a democracy is that in the former there exists only one truth, the truth as imposed by power, while in free countries every man has the right to defend his own version of events.
Truth, he said, is a superstition.
The darkness always lies.
Anthony LiccioneStichwörter: lies evil darkness black deceit trickery
The truth hurts but a lie will eventually as well
Richard L TorresStichwörter: truth lies lie hurt
There are no secrets.' The thing smiled, showing a row of even, childlike teeth. 'None worth keeping. Only the ones you hide from yourself, which are the most damaging and hurtful of all. Truth is truth, and lie is lie. Tell yourself one's the other and all the world turns kilter.
David HewsonStichwörter: truth lies lying-to-ourselves
I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was a liar and probably always would be a liar. It was her way of fighting for survival--the quick easy glib denial. It was a child's weapon--and she'd probably never got out of using it. If I wanted Sheila, I must accept her as she was--be at hand to prop up the weak places. We've all got our weak places. Mine were different from Sheila's, but they were there.
Agatha ChristieStichwörter: love acceptance lies mistakes weakness
Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk away.
Michael GrantStichwörter: lies dreams hero sam 11 michael-grant orsay prophetess
But it is best to let sleeping facts lie.
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