#lies

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#truth #wind

The best lies about me are the ones I told. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#lying #self-deception #tricksters #wind

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#justification #lies #torture #torture

I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars. I have vowed with hollow words, I have lied my way to the stars -Songs of Sapphique ↗

— Catherine Fisher

#lies #scars #stars #journey

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#elections

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#lies #serious #trust #truth #honesty

Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand) ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#feelings #lies #dreams

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying. ↗

— St. Vincent de Paul

#lies #pride #truth #humility

You cannot believe everything you hear ↗

— Jude Morgan

#gossip #lies #truth #gossip

Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#descriptive #flying #prose #writing #description