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Quotes About Honesty

He says he's in love with her, I said. He told you this? said Arthur. Yes, I said. Why did he tell you this? said Arthur.
~ Nora Ephron
Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.
~ Nora Roberts
In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need
~ Nora Roberts
People who say not to speak ill of the dead are hypocrites, because you can take it ot the bank they're thinking ill.
~ Nora Roberts
Told you not to tell her." "That's not how I work things. That's not how you build a relationship." "Build a relationship." Ryder snorted as he sent the drill whirling again. "You've been reading again." "Blow me.
~ Nora Roberts
I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.
~ Nora Roberts
Two of the top rules—Try Not to Hurt Anybody, and Have the Balls to Say What You Think—often clashed, but the results blended with her Be An Asshole When Necessary rule, so it worked for her.
~ Nora Roberts
Don't mix up who I am and what I am," she told him quietly. "You have to be honest with me, or the rest of it means nothing.
~ Nora Roberts
But you stand up for me. You tell me the truth. You make me laugh, and you make me want. You let me be and feel who I am. And you fell in love with me even when you didn't want to.
~ Nora Roberts
porque quando o resto desaparecer, é isso que vai ficar. amo - te. { ... } raios, é uma coisa que vais ter de engolir de uma vez por todas. amo - te, e nunca esperei sentir isto por ninguém. mas é verdade.
~ Nora Roberts
You couldn't be stabbed in the back if you faced your attackers.
~ Nora Roberts
It's ridiculous to say not to speak ill of the dead. We're all going to be dead eventually. What would we talk about in the meantime?
~ Nora Roberts
a man who could tell that terrible lie, live with that terrible lie, had something missing inside him.
~ Nora Roberts
but she didn't understand and couldn't accept using that unhappiness as an excuse or rationale for being unfaithful. why didn't people just end it? if they wanted someone else, or something else, why not break it off clean first instead of cheating, lying, tolerating, just existing?
~ Nora Roberts
Well. Eli cleared his throat. He didn't have to talk to Tyler about the ways and means of sex. Thank Christ. He'd done that deed years before. His grandson was a grown man, who knew about the birds and bees, and about responsibility. But… Holy hell, Ty. You and Sophie. It just happened, he said again. I guess it shouldn't have, and I guess I should tell you it won't happen again.
~ Nora Roberts
takes two to speak the truth— one to speak, and another to hear. —Henry David Thoreau
~ Nora Roberts
Because he's not some perfect fantasy. He's flawed and you understand that. It means you've fallen for who he is, not who you want him to be." "I like who he is. And on the other side of it, he makes me laugh, and he's kind. The fact that he's reluctant about it only gives the kindness more impact. He can't be bothered to say what he doesn't mean, and that makes him honest.
~ Nora Roberts
People who say not to speak ill of the dead just don't have the spine to say what they think." "You've
~ Nora Roberts
Because, he continued, skimming his fingers over her cheek, I'm as crazy about you as you are about me. That shut you up, didn't it? It's time, Sophia, we started dealing with it instead of dancing around it.
~ Nora Roberts
You don't intend to keep your word, even when it's hard, you don't give it. You have to respect that.
~ Nora Roberts
If more than one person knows a secret, it isn't a secret.
~ Nora Roberts
you can't forgive without trust
~ Nora Roberts
if you loved someone enough to promise them a lifetime, you got to tell them all your stuff and listen to all of theirs. It was a side benefit and balanced out having to share closet space. Though
~ Nora Roberts
But love is so often full of bullshit, isn't it?" "Here's
~ Nora Roberts