#lies

You can have a normal life. It's not too late for you." I nearly laughed. "You've clearly never met my parents. Normal was never an option. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#my-love-lies-bleeding #life

Most people gaze neither into the past nor the future; they explore neither truth nor lies. They gaze at the television. ↗

— Radiohead

#life #radiohead #television #truth #life

Young people," McDonald said contemptuously. "You always think there's something to find out." "Yes, sir," Andrews said. "Well, there's nothing," McDonald said. "You get born, and you nurse on lies, and you get weaned on lies, and you learn fancier lies in school. You live all your life on lies, and then maybe when you're ready to die, it comes to you — that there's nothing, nothing but yourself and what you could have done. Only you ain't done it, because the lies told you there was something else. Then you know you could of had the world, because you're the only one that knows the secret; only then it's too late. You're too old." "No," Andrews said. A vague terror crept from the darkness that surrounded them, and tightened his voice. "That's not the way it is." "You ain't learned, then," McDonald said. "You ain't learned yet. . . . ↗

— John Edward Williams

#the-horror #truth #life

Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives. ↗

— Ian McDonald

#life #life

A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#life #truth #life

Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of ones own resources. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#lies #life #resources #work #life

She could barely remember what life had been like before him and didn't even want to try. All Grace knew was that she wanted to be with him, always. ↗

— Victoria Michaels

#grace-park #michael-andris #life

Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie. ↗

— Robert McKee

#choice #deus-ex-machina #emotion #lies #meaning-of-life

No secret can remain hidden for ever. Silently and patiently, it waits in the dark. It lets you build your life, carefully stacking the bricks one by one, and then it appears. It deals its blow and everything crumbles. That’s why it remains intact and incorruptible in time, waiting for its ultimate destiny to be revealed. ↗

— Stefanos Livos

#secrets #truth #life

...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#love #love