Quotes About Authenticity

Don't say "freaking", Russ. If you have to use the "F" word, go for the gold.

Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in the truth, and I believe in saying what you think. Why not? Do you have to go around whispering all the time or playing a game with people? I just don't believe in that. So I'm not the most adored person on the face of the earth.

If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.

From my own self-analysis, which I seldom indulge in, I am what I am.

You realize that life is simply too short to keep being someone you're not.

And that's when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.

I hate that about guys. At least girls have the decency to be fake and pretend everything's okay when shit gets weird. Whenever guys get upset, they get all angry and scary

If there's one thing I've realized, it's that you have to be honest. Even if you're scared, even if you're worried that you're going to get your heart stomped on, even if you think that the truth is going to ruin everything, you have to put it out there. Because otherwise, you're fucked.

Everyone's fake in certain situations. It's like when you go for a job interview and they ask you, "What would you do if you found one of your friends at work stealing?" and, let's face it, no one's going to tell on their friend. But of course you have to say, "I would tell IMMEDIATELY, because I don't think I could work in that kind of environment, it's not good for my morale." No one wants to look like an idiot.

If you want to know the truth," he says, leaning forward like he's getting ready to tell a really good story, "it has to do with Kelsey. And the biggest lie of all." And that's when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.

When someone tells you who they are, you need to believe them.

NEVER LIE TO SOMEONE WHO IS LIKELY TO SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

If something is not right or real, don't lose your self.

I hope you find a place in your life when you can let go and be happy. But I'm not a dirty secret. I'm not bad and wrong for being comfortable with myself, and I won't let you make me feel that way.

Nina, before you i never spent the night with women. I had sex and left. I didn't bring them here. They served a purpose and it was a body-to-body thing. You are everything. Body, soul, heart to my body, soul and heart. You're it. We're it.

When people lie to me they're telling me I'm not worth the truth.

And those blonde skeezoids you were a boy skeezoid with can fuck right off.

She doesn't get mad enough. She holds it in and lets it eat away at her heart. Puts everyone and everything else first. If she's mad, she can let go of whatever the fuck it is she's been pretending away.

It's very easy to think you know someone... when life is calm and orderly. But people become their truest selves in emergencies.

Prancing around with marshmallowss on your nipples does *not* constitute living your life fully!

Sometimes, with Cinnamon, it was like she fell into this "impress the guy" mode and forgot the primary rule of friendship, which was to make your bud look good in front of her boy. Not stupid.

I scowled. I could resist it all I wanted, but I did understand what he was trying to explain. How sometimes he pieces of who you thought you were didn't add up to who you really were, like with me not standing up for Patrick when he wore those pants.

Sometimes the things we hide—aren't they the parts of us that matter most?

I feel like a three-dimensional girl in a two-dimensional world.