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“He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.”
“...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.”
“If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.”
“There were lies we told to save ourselves, and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more, the mistruth, or the greater good?”
“The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.”
“The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.”
“People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.”
“Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine ...”
“Why, when people are leaving their partners because they're having an affair with someone else, do they think it will seem better to pretend there is no one else involved? Do they think it will be ...”
“It seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell, once she got started.”
“Promises are lies wrapped in pretty ribbons -Cinnamon”
“Our lie is like a cancer that's spread to every single area of our lives.”
“I can't stand lies. Probably no one can. Probably everyone is, to varying degrees, allergic to them, both spiritually and physically. Lies make me feel low and ignoble, and also itchy, like there's...”
“Its not a lie, Shallan said, if everyone understands and knows what it means.Mm. Those are some of the best lies.”
“You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.”
“Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldnt hurt a bit. But since adults always said it when it was going to hurt, he could count on that statement as an accurate prediction of the futur...”
“Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.”
“Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.”
“The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.”
“Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives. ”
