Quotes About Deception

Having to pretend nothing was wrong, when everything was wrong, was excruciating.

If you're going to ask me if the muffins are low fat, you should know I'm running out of places to hide all the dead bodies.

Wow. He's perfect for politics. He's got that lying, cheating, stealing thing down.

That this woman talking to him had large, melting brown eyes and long brown hair the color of a doe's, on a face meant for an artist's canvas, all attached to a nifty little compact body that could tempt the gods meant nothing. She was insane.

If the devil can't make you bad, he will make you busy.

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their mustaches and goatees, leave their horns at home, send their black hats to the dry cleaner's. They're funny like that.

Any time I'm not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it's because I'm up to something.

There is no spoon. I am completely spoonless over here.

Michael smiled at me a little. "You're a good man, Harry. But you're making the same mistake Nicodemus always has—and the same one Karrin did." "What mistake?" "You all think the critical word in the phrase 'Sword of Faith' is 'sword.

Murphy nodded, frowning at the road ahead of her. The reason treachery is so reveiled, she said in a careful tone of voice, is because it usually comes from someone you didn't think could possibly do such a thing.

Lies. Mab cannot change who you are.

Thomas grunted. Might have been smarter for them to have left you alone. Now you know something. I made an exasperated sound. Yes. Those fools. By trying to kill me, they've revealed their very souls. I have them now. Thomas gave me a steady look. Being Mab's bitch has made you a pessimist. I am not a pessimist, I said loftily. Though that can't last. That made Thomas grin. Nice. Thank you.

the worst madmen don't seem odd at all," Grimm said. "They appear to be quite calm and rational, in fact. Until the screaming starts.

The worst lies are almost always silence—or else truth, tainted with just enough deception to rot it to the core.

Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing.

Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.

Lady Aquitaine sighed. "Then it all hinges on Scipio. He has a rather irritating talent for impersonating a fulcrum.

Lots of things are more than what they seem in a purely physical sense.

Why? I demanded of her. Why bring the child into this? Why not just come straight to me? Does it matter at this point? I shrugged. Not really. I'm curious. She stared at me for a moment and then she smiled. You don't know. I eyed her warily. Don't know what? Dear boy, she said. This was never about you . I scowled. I don't understand. Obviously, Arianna said, and gave me a stunning smile. Die confused.

I nodded to her. Then I eyed Maeve. What about you? Holding anything back? I want to take you to my bower, wizard, Maeve said, and licked her lips. I want to do things to you that give you such pleasure your brain bleeds. Uh, I said. Her foxlike smile sharpened. Also, she said, my people are about to attempt to kill you.

You know he's not going to honor the truce," I said quietly. "He's going to try to take me out somewhere along the line. He's going to betray me." "Of course," she said. "I expect superior, more creative treachery on your part.

This whole thing, I said is going to come down to guessing who isn't what they look like. Who is? Karrin asked, her hands moving surely over the weapon. Ever.

It's tough to say no to peace, to the comfort of it. All through history, people have traded wealth, children, land, and lives to buy it. But peace can't be bought, can it, chief, prime minister? The only ones offering to sell it always want something more. They lie.