Quotes About Deception

She was crossing the street to come to me when the car hit her. We planned a special date to celebrate our tenth anniversary. We left our eight-year-old daughter Samantha with a babysitter, snuck out in separate cars, parked the cars and walked toward each other on opposite sides of the street. We pretended we were meeting by mistake, as though we'd just glimpsed each other across the street and had to rush together.

Sometimes you get a good eyeful of a man-sized action figure—and he knows what you are, and what you can do … and you know what he is, and what he's done before, or what he's helping other people do. And you just can't stand it because for all his bluster and bullshit he's weak and horrible, and cowardly, and if he caught you, he'd do terrible things to you—the kinds of things that were done to Ian and Isabelle.

You're half-dead, yet you have the vigor to philander? I was stabbed, not castrated.

There was a deceptive air about her that fascinated him; she was natural yet beguiling, and he'd calculated that copulation with her would be a refreshing development, that she would bring something to his sexual intercourse that had been lacking for a long while. By doing nothing at all, she formented a diverse jumble of sentiment that had him craving more than a heedless carnal encounter. Perhaps his heart had not turned to stone, after all.

The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones. They erode our strength, our self-esteem, our very foundation.

amazing how quickly Satan can use what's supposed to be a blessing and a gift from God to derail you into a place where you're thankless for the gift. You focus on what you don't have instead.

They realized that, in fact, the lie wasn't safe. That it threatened their existence more profoundly than the truth did.

You might, for example, be interested to know that the word "prestigious" is derived from the Latin praestigiae, which means "conjuror's tricks." Isn't that interesting? This word that we use to mean honorable and esteemed has its beginnings in a word that has everything to do with illusion, deception, and trickery.

He was a liar and a charmer, a heartbreak and a brute.

Podría interesarte saber, por ejemplo, que la palabra «prestigioso» deriva del término latino prestigiae, que significa «truco de prestidigitación». ¿No te parece interesante? La utilizamos para referirnos a lo honorable y lo valorado, pero esta palabra remite a la ilusión, el engaño, a las falsas impresiones.

What a guy, what a fool am I, to think my breaking heart could kid the moon

What have you done to him? Where is he?" The Voivode leaned forward, stared the pasha directly in the eyes, and smiled sweetly. "I put him in the stew. All I had to serve you for meat was that delicious pig, and I did not wish to offend your religious sensitivities.

When you met people, they were on their best behavior, smiles and best manners. You couldn't tell what lurked beneath the surface

We think cheating, in reasonable amounts, is okay. These

hearing Monty Tinsman's name caused Jayson to scowl again. "He also said the woman is a witch in high heels." Jayson sighed. Another part of this ordeal to deal with. "She's supposed to be here tomorrow." He glanced at Jack. "Why don't you show her around?" He wasn't hopeful, but he gave it a shot.

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.

It is alike your interest and mine and all men's, however long we have dwelt in lies, to live in truth.

If we run from the truth of our existence we become a lie...

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory, and the truth of every passion wants some pretence to make it live.

He who loves the bristle of bayonets only sees in their glitter what beforehand he feels in his heart. It is avarice and hatred; it is that quivering lip, that cold, hating eye, which built magazines and powder-houses.

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

Wine is a turn-coat, first a friend, then an enemy.

There are people who place a basket on your head to see what you carry.