#deception

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more. ↗

— Scott Lynch

#thieves #deception

I didn't want normal until I didn't have it anymore ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#maggie-stiefvater #normal #deception

By the standards of a tourist strolling past looking for a quick lunch, the place was a dive. The sign on the window was small and easy to miss, and the antique feel of the place wasn't the prepackaged, old-shit-on-the-wall nostalgia that came with so many chain restaurants. The cafe was just old, and everything about it said old. But Jon liked it that way, if only because it kept the tourists away and spared him from hearing imported ignorance when there was plenty of local ignorance to go around. ↗

— Scott B. Pruden

#humorous-quotes #immaculate-deception #satire #science-fiction #science-fiction-comedy

When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do. ↗

— Buddha Gotama

#deception #evil #lies #truth #deception

Don't worry about it, Mikey," Dee said comfortingly. "You'll probably be next, so you won't be here when our Great Deception comes crashing down. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#michael #the-chase #the-forbidden-game #deception

People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#deception

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#deception

Appearances can be deceptive" he says quietly. "I'm anything but fine. I feel like the sun has set and not risen for five days, Ana. I'm in perpetual night here. ↗

— E.L. James

#deception

that's because it's from the night, and the night keeps secrets ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#night #deception

names are a way to keep people in your mind ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#deception