But an Adrian also knew that an Adrian's lies were real: they were lived and felt and acted out as thoroughly as another man's truths - if other men had truths - and he believed it possible that this last lie might see him through to the grave.
Stephen FryIt's not a lie if you don't tell the truth.
But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact.
Tags: truth lie fact fucked-up falsify
...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.
Ally CarterTags: love lie relationship bhie gallagher-girls
If you say that you never lie in life,
you honestly insult my intelligence.
A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.
Lauryn HillTrue love will triumph in the end—which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.
John GreenTo say that the first casualty of war is truth is to miss the rather more important point that a principal weapon of war is lies.
Harry CollinsTags: science truth war technology lie
Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they're as cunning as snakes. They can't lie, but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you—with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place."
He sighed. "They're not really about helping people. More about harm disguised as help.
Tags: truth lie hurt jace-wayland cunning faerie help-harm malevolence
There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.
Vera NazarianTags: lies playing lie illusion games acting falsehood pretend game pretense act artifice pretending pretence
If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own.
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