Quotes About Deception

What an awful thing the truth is, and how comforting is a lie.

Agamemnon escaped with his life From land battles and sea storms, then fell to his wife.

Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight

Phantasos: he takes illusory shapes of all inanimate things, earth, stones, rivers, trees.

Non inpune feres neque'' ait ''reddere Canenti, laesaque quid faciat, quid amans, quid femina disces rebus'' ait ''sed amans et laesa et femina Circe!

I am prepared for any crime, my sister, / To burn the palace, and into the flaming ruin / Hurl Tereus, the author of all evils. / I would cut out his tongue, his eyes, cut off / The parts which brought you shame...

Dunque suvvia, non confidare nell'aspetto che inganna; chiunque tu sia, stima qualcosa di superiore al corpo.

One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.

In appearance he was well-bred amiability personified, but one cannot judge by people's faces. It is their bodies which show them as the kind of animals they are.

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess Sylvia Redbird — House of Night — Chosen

I'd sacrificed true love and a popped cherry to the god of deception and hormones. - Zoey Redbird (Ch 24)

Our Z's been fucking Loren Blake.

Then your heart is a black, shriveled thing, because you absolutely betray me.

I think most people, and I'm talking vamp or human, are shitty. They put on an act. They pretend to be all nicey-nice, but are really just one step away from showing their true asshole-ness.

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth then clean up an honest mess P.C. Cast ( Grandma Redbird)... So wish People would understand this !!

Bird boy kept us out there in the freezing rain while he yammered about the Red One this and Red One that. Darius got Zoey in here despite his help.

She frowned at him. That sounds vaguely like a threat. It's not vague and it's not a threat. It's clearly blackmail.

It can be seductive and cunning. Darkness wears many faces, and some of those faces can seem, at first, like allies.

He Who Cannot Be Named is involved," I whispered. "Oh for shit's sake. This isn't Hogwarts," Aphrodite said.

Kalona's back. The spell worked. One of Neferet's hostages got out. And to say Neferet's pissed is like saying Louis Vuitton makes cute purses. Hello, understatement of the decade.

could have almost convinced myself that everything was normal. But almost can be a really big word.

I'm sick of you cheating on me with everyone who has a dick

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.

It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof.