Quotes About Deception

The senses are the devil's playground, the arena into which he will try to lure men away from Faith and into the conceits of the intellect or the delusions of carnality.

Don't bargain with them, Jamie,' said the old man again. 'Don't help them, don't believe them, don't let them live one moment beyond what it takes to destroy them safely. No matter what they tell you, about why it is so necessary that you help them do whatever it is they're asking you to help them do. They are lying.

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

Lies are infinite in number, and the truth so small and singular.

You lie down with snakes, you get up with the urge to bite back. All I'm saying.

The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while it tramples our rights and dignity.

when the public nerve is aroused, the most impressive capacity of man is his skill for lying.

Beautiful people liked to claim looks didn't matter, while throwing that currency around like novice bank robbers.

SUNRISE TANTALIZE, evil eyes hypnotize:

the useful illusion that everything would be fine. It amazed her now to watch people walking through life with their ludicrous trust.

might call it a great passion. When the true name of what we're dealing with is greed, or lust. We all have the special talent of believing in a falsehood, and believing it devoutly, when we want it to be true.

You can fool history sometimes, but you can't fool the memory of your intimates.

That's a tarantula,' he said. 'You got to watch out for them suckers. They can jump four feet. If they get you, you go crazy. It's a special kind of poison' This I didn't believe. I never could figure out why men thought they could impress a woman by making the world out to be such a big dangerous deal. I mean, we've got to live in the exact same world every damn day of the week, don't we?

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet

These sound like plots between men but they are betrayals, by men, of children.

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

He behaves as if he had no dead children. The real Leandro never comes here. He only pretends.

He hid a scornful smile under his moustache, which is not a good hiding place.

why, he very nearly almost looked handsome. If you could ignore the telltale signs that he is a certified creep.

So if it's not this exact prophet of self-indulgence we're looking to for reassurance, it will be some other liar who's good at distracting us from the truth.

Even a spotted pig looks black at night.

Romeo Blevins lawyered up and gaslighted the jury like he'd gaslighted Mariah and every other soul ever to know him. Making himself out the good Samaritan, Mariah the crazy jealous bitch.

You lie down with snakes, you get up with the urge to bite back.