Quotes About Deception

Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki

There's an old Northlands saying that goes like this: When lies don't help. try telling the truth. Loki knew it well, of course, but preferred his own version, which was: When lies don't help, tell better lies.

Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end a regime; can turn affection to hatred; can start a religion or even a war. Words are the shepherds of lies; they lead the best of us to the slaughter.

Not that a promise means much to a demon - or a god.

Set a church clock wrong to fool the devil, my mother always told me. But in this case I suspect the devil is not fooled. Not for a minute.

We're gods, not saints. Everyone lies. Everyone cheats. Everyone scores off everyone else.

It all begins so hopefully, but these Worlds we build for ourselves are all just castles in the sand, waiting for the evening tide.

You're really that good? he said at last. Loki shrugged. I'm Loki.

There was no denying that whores surrounded him. Not just the women on the flat screen, but the political whores who'd attended his meeting. He replayed his own conciliatory words and wondered whether he was one as well

As you may have guessed already, Peter had a soul that was always telling itself lies. When he was frightened, his soul told itself, I'm not frightened. And when something mattered that he couldn't control, Peter's soul told itself, it doesn't matter. So while I trained my ears and tired to listen hard to him, I couldn't always make out where he was, or what he felt. And so each time he let Wendy come a little closer, I didn't see what it meant, or how it would end.

It's disappointing to know that someone can see right through you.

Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true.

I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.

If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

There were lies we told to save ourselves, and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more, the mistruth, or the greater good?

A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it.

They're fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out?

If the past few months have taught me anything, it's that friendship is a smoke screen. The people you think are solid turn out to be mirrors and light; and then you look down and realize there are others you took for granted, those who are your foundation.

I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.

Campbell Julia says Don't do this to me Do what? Push me off the same cliff twice

Just so you know, when they say Once upon a time" . . . they're lying

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.

How foolish it is to run away with a man who's already run away with someone else...