The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core of our being. Are you a decent girl with the potential to someday become an evil monster, or are you an evil monster that thinks it's a decent girl?"
"Wouldn't I know which one I was?"
"Good God, no. The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.
Stichwörter: truth perception lies self-deception personality good-and-evil villains truth-and-lies
The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.
Derek LandyStichwörter: lies self-deception lying-to-ourselves telling-lies
She wanted to have him hold her and tell her all the demons were pretend, that there was no monster in her closet, that everything would be okay. But that was a lie. The demon was in her head, telling her she was too fat. She had to get the demon out. But she couldn't do it by herself.
Jackie Morse KesslerStichwörter: inspirational self-deception
Subconsciously he knew why it was happening, but a truth suppressed is a reality ignored.
Luke MontgomeryStichwörter: self-deception
There's that horrible-beautiful moment, that bitter-sweet impasse where you know that somebody is bullshitting you but they're doing it with such panache and conviction...no, it's because they say exactly what you want to hear, at that point in time.
Irvine WelshStichwörter: self-deception believe lie bittersweet
Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.
Orrin WoodwardStichwörter: integrity self-deception
I suppose we all lie to ourselves sometimes.
Cassandra ClareStichwörter: self-deception lie lying
It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying.
Marcel ProustStichwörter: self-deception dishonesty
We all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. It’s no matter that this dye doesn’t fool you. My lady, you don’t dye your hair to decieve other people, or to fool yourself, but rather to cheat your image in your mirror a little.
Luigi PirandelloStichwörter: self-deception
Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.
Cees NooteboomStichwörter: words self-deception fantasy language self-knowledge fantastical-thinking night-thoughts
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