#rut

Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

#lying #truth #lie

We should show life neither as it is, nor as it should be, but as we see it in our dreams. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#dreams

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#on-fiction #storytelling #truth #truth-telling #job

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#hard #simple #thinking #truth #wisdom

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#lying #reason #silence #truth #winning

We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds. For one breath everything feels better. Then it melts. The bus drivers rev their engines and the ice cloud shatters. Everyone shuffles forward. They don't know what just happened. They can't remember. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#truth #cheating

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies. ↗

— Holly Black

#lies #truth #choice

All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#medicine

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#carbohydrates #diabesity #dr-hyman #dr-robert-lustig #labor

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#least #metaphors #most #space #truth