Quotes About Deception

Her feet were grounded in reality. Because no matter how close or transparent the other side may appear, reality and illusion were two disparate worlds that could never be bridged.

Evil would always come to me disguised in systems and dignified by law.

I was trying to unravel the complicated trigonometry of the radical thought that silence could make up the greatest lie ever told.

The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.

The whole construct of my universe was a cunning, entangled network of lies. I had to start over again. I knew that. And I had to begin by ceasing to loathe myself for my difference from the rest.

In the hour it took to finish that meal, I learned that silence could be the most eloquent form of lying.

The mirror used to be my best friend. Now it is an assassin.

surface my wife's most vicious

Because she is an actress, she has fashioned an entire career out of identity theft.

Beautiful cities have a treacherous nature.

That man would betray his own shadow. And for what? A child's tale.' 'Is it?' Mag looked at her. 'Is it only a tale?' For a moment, the purple eyes grew dark, black as the little rags of shadows that Mag saw on empty streets or patches of barren ground, attached to nothing, seemingly blown at random from some place adrift in light.

When first we met, I thought you foolish, inept, and too gullible to work for the Master of the City. But you have grown shrewd, crafty as a cat in your dealings with the Mithrans." It didn't sound like a compliment but I didn't react.

front of Billy, waving their guns back and forth like twin Rambos. A barrage of bullets pelted the metal shelves and the floor where she'd been standing. He'd set her up. She scrunched into a ball and covered her ears. No! Not again. The shooting stopped. Angel raised her head, relieved none of the officers

friend—as though she were betraying him. "I didn't realize

How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!

Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.

People, feelings, everything! Double! Two people in each person. There's also a person exactly the opposite of you, like the unseen part of you, somewhere in the world, and he waits in ambush.

Odd, Tom thought, that some girls meant sadness and death. Some girls looked like sunlight, creativity, joy, but they really meant death, and not even because the girls were enticing their victims, in fact one might blame the boys for being deceived by—nothing at all, simply imagination.

Patricia Highsmith

Era fácil decirlo. Era muy fácil creérselo todo. Pero también era muy fácil no creer en nada en absoluto.

He had been fooled. He had not, after all, had a great time: he had merely been drinking again.

woke up to the nightmare that she'd betrayed the man of her dreams.

Below the bust are carved these wise words from General Obregon's philosophy: Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

la vida no es un día en la playa. Le van a mentir, hacer trampa, lo van a culpar, le darán puñaladas por la espalda, se verá desilusionado