#honest

My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#honest #men #men

I'd rather die holding on to the love I believe in, than to live embracing a love that's a lie. ↗

— Stephan Labossiere

#love #relationships #love

It is not always a problem finding the truth, it is however sometimes a problem accepting it. ↗

— sunny-drunk

#loss #relationships #truth #relationship

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about. ↗

— Criss Jami

#arguments #bigot #bigotry #bigots #certainty

In some cases, I am able to respect what so many call bigots. Such people have a more solid foundation for drawing their lines when it comes to the security of their ways and quite possibly the security of mankind. They rely on something that has worked to get man this far without placing ideals blindly driven by emotion first; they have a sure line and they say, 'No.' That, in a sense, is something I find to be highly respectable. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bigotry #certainty #conviction #culture #emotions

You knew what I was," he said, taking his hair back from his face, eyes wild with the will to make me believe. "You knew that my face is a lie, just pretending to be human. And you still wanted me, you could touch me, you could see what I am, the only one who knew and wanted me all the same, and you said I wasn't a --" his chest hitched. "Not a monster. I was going to tell you, and then I thought, well, I'm probably going to die in the underworld, so why can't I have this until then? I'm the stupid one; not you. I'm so sorry. ↗

— Karen Healey

#romantically-honest #unselfish #romantic

I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to. ↗

— Truman Capote

#truth #cancer

Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#mistakes #honesty

I can't face losin' ya, Riley. Yer all I got left in this world.” That brutal honesty again. He'd peeled away more armor, and this time he'd exposed his heart. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#denver-beck #jana-oliver #riley-blackthorne #honesty

I'm not mean, I'm honest. Nobody is ever straightforward. But sometimes people need to hear the truth. ↗

— Jessica Warman

#truth #honesty