#true

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#willful-ignorance #true

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#true

Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself. ↗

— Alan Moore

#parables #storytelling #true

Do you ever feel that way?" "Lonely?" I search for the words. "Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As is you'd passed yourself once in the fog, and your heart leapt - 'Ah! There I Am! I've been missing that piece!' But it happens too fast, and then that part of you disappears into the fog again. And you spend the rest of your days looking for it." He nods, and I think he's appeasing me. I feel stupid of having said it. It's sentimental and true, and I've revealed a part of myself I shouldn't have. "Do you know what I think?" Kartik says at last. "What?" "Sometimes, I think you can glimpse it in another. ↗

— Libba Bray

#found #gemma-doyle #kartik #lonely #lost

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#beatles #character #man #vegetarianism #true

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#individuality #true

We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know. ↗

— Ally Condie

#sad

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. ↗