At first I did not love you, Jude; that I own. When I first knew you I merely wanted you to love me. I did not exactly flirt with you; but that inborn craving which undermines some women's morals almost more than unbridled passion--the craving to attract and captivate, regardless of the injury it may do the man--was in me; and when I found I had caught you, I was frightened. And then--I don't know how it was-- I couldn't bear to let you go--possibly to Arabella again--and so I got to love you, Jude. But you see, however fondly it ended, it began in the selfish and cruel wish to make your heart ache for me without letting mine ache for you.
Thomas HardyTags: love deception selfish lying flirting cruel craving heartbroken heartbreaker sue-bridehead
and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.
C.S. LewisTags: judgement lying action truthful charge
I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.
Anne RiceTags: truth love compassion lies hate secret lie lying secrets vampires lovers vampire lestat deciet interview-with-the-vampire
Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.
Robert JordanTags: lying
I slowly climbed back to my feet, walked back into the emergency department through the silently swishing glass doors, and, covered in my girlfriend's blood, lied perfectly for the first time in my life.
"I tried to stop her.
Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.
Criss JamiTags: truth honesty man lies peace war mankind lying secrecy force run dishonesty bitterness resistance repression dangerous tension pressure suppression feuds rivalry
Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if you are?
Sara ShepardTags: lying pretty-little-liars sara-shepard aria-montgomery mike-montgomery
Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?"
The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court."
"And why is that?"
"Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly.
Tags: ambition conscience lying court convincing
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
Criss JamiTags: truth honesty pain thought lie lying secrets secrecy thinkers torture dishonesty confusion aggravation contemplation never concealment provoke hardcore
When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.
Criss JamiTags: consciousness honesty man human-nature psychology punishment lying reaction self-defense response penalize unconscious-mind
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