Quotes About Deception

In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no one else ever could. But it was not true. He had never even glimpsed her.

Always play your decoy hand so people won't get the chance to see you fail at that which is closest to your heart.

A good front is half the battle in love or war.

am not exaggerating; it can be scary to see what some people will believe in order to feel superior.

It was as if there were but one woman in the world, laughing at him from behind a dozen masks.

But lies were what people wanted; that was politics.

But don't think for a moment I don't know what you're up to. And I won't always be so easily manipulated." "Ma-nip-u-lated." Peter scowled. "I do not know what this means." Her chin thrust out. "Oh, yes you do.

There are so many times when many of us have found ourselves living a tremendous lie when we could be living a tremendous life.

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing had ever been any good and nothing of significance done: no art worth a second look, no philosophy of the slightest appositeness, no law but served the state, no history that gave an inkling of how it had been and what had happened. And no love, only egotism, infatuation and lust.

He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.

I have found that in this business, one of the most important things is sincerity. If you can fake that, you can do just about anything.

It's amazing how much power a simple false phrase repeated can have.

Do I need to go for a stroll? (Sin) Nay. I'm merely trying to kill your brother. (Maggie)

Even before I went to the stable to find your men dead, I knew them for villains. (Lutian) Oh, and what made you think that? The swords in their hands? (Christian)

But I tell you this, that man is certainly a devil out to ruin some poor woman this night. (Felicity) Well, if he be the devil, you can chain me to his throne anytime. (Heather)

Jack ignored his greeting and slammed his fist straight into the jaw of the spy.) What did he do? Wear the wrong color coat? Or is it his stock you find offensive this time? (Morgan)

Do you know what a friend is, milord? (Emily) An enemy in disguise. (Draven)

When you build on lies, you build strong and solid. It was the truth that undid you.

But even a perfect pear can harbor a worm within.

The real maddening thing I learned later was that when Dad was supposedly punishing Candace, he'd go in there, snapping his belt. But when the door closed behind him, he'd slap the belt on the bed while Candace yelped like she'd gotten spanked. You never saw a performance like that from her on Full House.

The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.

B'Elanna had lied to Tom repeatedly.

You took my body and my soul, but you wanted no part of my truth.