#truth

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

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#truth #wind

One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. ↗

— Alice James

#truth #experience

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. ↗

— Alan Moore

#pretense #truthfulness #honesty

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#silence #truth #honesty

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

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#honesty

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#honesty #truth #honesty

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#truth #honesty

The most common form of despair is not being who you are. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#truth #despair

...oppression is as American as apple pie... ↗

— Audre Lorde

#oppression