Quotes About Deception

This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit." "Yes, He tasted quite delicious.

Brightness," the man said as she stepped up to him, "we aren't what you think we are." "No," Shallan replied. "You aren't what you think yourselves to be.

If there was one thing Kelsier was good at, it was lying to himself.

She wasn't trying to spy on me -- she was just trying to rob me

People who underestimated you were easier to manipulate.

A boring truth will always have difficulty competing with an exciting lie.

Never trust a man who tells you good news.

I thought I knew you," she snapped. "I thought you were a good man, down deep" Cett shook his head. "The good men are all dead, Allrianne. They died inside that city.

that's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion? You have to shut out that voice that whispers about betrayal, and just hope that your friends aren't going to hurt you.

Kelsier smiled. Gods, it appeared, could still fall for a classic misdirection con.

Better to trust and be betrayed

Ruin still used Reen's voice—it was familiar, something that had always seemed a part of her. Discovering that it belonged to that thing …it was like finding out that her reflection really belonged to someone else, and that she'd never actually seen herself.

A prisoner could be convinced that they lived in a paradise, if the prison was pretty enough.

Looks like we're going to need a new prime suspect, Wax," Wayne said. "This one downright refuses to not be dead already.

Besides, it was beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

You people are all insane. How I ended up with you, I'll never know." Breeze laughed. "Now, that's a lie, Cett. You know exactly how you ended up joining with us. We threatened to kill you if you didn't!

Besides, just because they wore frills and makeup didn't mean they weren't dangerous[...]

Wayne…" Wax said. "You know she doesn't actually like you." "You always say that, but you're just not seein' the truth, Wax." "She tries to kill you." "To keep me alive," Wayne said. "She knows I live a dangerous life. So, keepin' me on my toes is the best way to make sure I stick around.

You like lies?" Shallan asked. "Good lies," Pattern said. "That lie. Good lie." "What makes a lie good?" Shallan asked, taking careful notes, recording Pattern's exact words. "True lies." "Pattern, those two are opposites." "Hmmmm . . . Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies. Hmmmm.

Gelenek, bizi mahkum etmek için kulland?klar? kör tan?k, yalanlar?n? paketlemek için kulland?klar? cicili kutu. Gelenek, bizi onlara hizmet ettiriyor.

It had been like discovering that Santa Claus was secretly a Nazi.

But here's the thing. The lies we tell, the dreams we create, they're not real. We can't let them be real. This might be the hardest lesson you have to learn.

How easy it was to ignore a blackened heart if you dressed it in a pressed uniform and a reputation for honesty.

The truth is not a downer," Abraham said in his lightly accented voice. "The lies that you pretend to accept are the true downer.