#yin

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#lying #trust #trust

The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#flying #secret

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#heartfelt #shame #sorrow #tears #need

We need never be ashamed of our tears. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#shame #sorrow #tears #need

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying) ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#stupidity #trying #stupidity

I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is. ↗

— Nancy Farmer

#acting

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. ↗

— Al Pacino

#lies #lying #truth #acting

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#laughter #options #laugh

Cheating and lying aren't struggles, they're reasons to break up. ↗

— Patti Callahan Henry

#infidelity #lying #relationships #struggles #relationships

Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#emotion #emotions #flowers #fruit #growing