Quotes About Authenticity

Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.

Nobody should have to hide who they are inside to please people on the outside.

Yeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it...

I'm trying to stop lying to myself about little things. I'm still working on the big ones.

At some point, we need to be honest with ourselves and do what excites us instead of what looks good on paper.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

The secret is not to dream, she whispered. The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any more. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.

Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.

It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

Good or bad, do it as you. Too many lies and there's no truth to go back to.

Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment.

I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset 'cos they act like people.

Taint what a horse looks like, it's what a horse be.

Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage.

Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.

Now he knew: They were real. Who'd make up a thing like this? Okay, one of them was a cheese that rolled around of its own accord, but nobody was perfect.

It was never easy being a witch. Oh, the broomstick was great, but to be a witch you needed to be sensible, so sensible that sometimes it hurt. You dealt with the reality—not what people wanted.

When you've made up your mind to shout out who you are to the world, it's a relief to know that you can do it in a whisper.

I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any more.

Are you a hero, actually?" "Um, no. Not as such. Not at all, really. Even less than that, in fact.

Real kings had shiny swords, obviously. Except... maybe your real real king of, like, days of yore, he would have a sword that didn't sparkle one bit but was bloody efficient at cutting things.

But the banging of the door as punctuation caused Tiffany to think and she thought suddenly, I want to do it my way. Not how the other witches think it should be done. I can't be Granny Weatherwax for them. I can only be me, Tiffany Aching.

I must always remember what's real.

the really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.