Quotes About Deception

Los quizás podían retorcer cosas que en realidad nunca existieron

I couldn't see it, but I was certain Priya kicked Jalaine beneath the table because Jalaine jumped in her seat, then shot Priya and angry scow.

I have no fingers, but can pick you apart, I'm not a healer, but can mend a heart, I amuse and hush, decieve and astound, And there's no sword forged that can cut me down. With rosy enticement and pouty appeal, I can twist and shape and pour forth zeal, I am made of snare, touch and gold. And you, kind sir, add a touch of bold. - (A riddle by Kazi)

The thing about a mark is they've created lies in their head, a story they've invented that they desperately want to believe, a fantasy that merely needs to be fed.

I'm guessing they planned to kill your whole family once you gave them everything they needed.

You could have shot me with an arrow. You could have done a hundred things, but instead you dangled Zane in front of me, knowing what he had done. In an instant, you brought back the horror of a night to a small child. That's what I became.

Deliberate deception is not a mistake. It's calculating and cold. Especially when aimed at the one you profess to love. And if one can't be trusted in love, one can't be trusted in anything

A cunning liar who relies on the word of another? I suppose I should appreciate the colossal irony.

But now here I was, out in the middle of nowhere, unable to help anyone, not even myself. I was crushed to the desert floor, my face ground into the sand. Laughed at. Ridiculed. Betrayed by someone I had trusted. More than trusted. I had cared about him.

She would never believe another word I said. Truth that came too late was as useful as a meal to a dead man.

Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that made the music.

There were many beautiful vipers in those days and she was one of them. ("Eveline's Visitant")

and he knew that our dreams are none the less terrible to lose, because they have never been the realities for which we have mistaken them.

When one is young and on the threshold of life's long deception, rashness is all. —Françoise Sagan1

I would have thanked you for being ingenuous, even though, like Hamlet, you had spoke daggers.

The ones who are innocent help because they trust us. And the ones who aren't so innocent pretend to trust us because they're afraid of looking guilty.

Study your prey, learn her habits, accustom her to your presence by seeming harmless and kind. And then, when she is tame and off-guard, you pounce!

Een dolk en een masker,' fluisterde Lucien. 'Over een paar maanden zul je nog gevaarlijker zijn dan je nu al bent.

Hij zei: "Bell is voor de duvel niet bang," wat dus absoluut niet waar is, maar toch...' 'Ik geloof dat je wel een kansje maakt.

Ik had beloofd dat ik met niemand anders zou trouwen dan met Filippo. Ik heb niet gezegd welke Filippo. - Beatrice

"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly;" 'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy."

Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly

And now dear little children, who may this story read, To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed: Unto an evil counsellor, close heart and ear and eye, And take a lesson from this tale, of the Spider and the Fly.

I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high; Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the Spider to the Fly. "There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin, And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!" Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "for I've often heard it said, They never, never wake again, who sleep upon your bed!