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Quotes About Honesty

Be bold, be bold, but not too bold. Be good, but not too good. Be pretty, but not too pretty. Be honest, but not too honest. Maybe no one got lucky. Maybe it was too hard.
~ Holly Black
Yeah, Cardan should definitely trust you more. You seem really trustworthy. It's not like you're actually currently betraying him.
~ Holly Black
Don't." She looks directly into my eyes. After a month of being forced to avoid her, I feel stripped bare by her gaze. "You can be as much of a charming bastard as you want, but you're never going to bullshit your way into my heart again.
~ Holly Black
He closes his eyes. When he opens them, he releases my hand and turns so I cant see his face. ¨I can see why you thought what you did. I suppose I am not an easy person to trust. And maybe I ought not to be trusted, but let me say this: i trust you.¨ Page 162
~ Holly Black
It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.
~ Holly Black
Cardan tucks my arm firmly through his before striding into the entryway, and I feel a rush of warmth as I match his step. I can't afford to be less than ruthlessly honest with myself. Against my better judgment, despite the fact that he is terrible, Cardan is also fun. Maybe I should be glad of how little it will matter.
~ Holly Black
God, I hate you," she says. "So much. Why do boys think that it will be better to lie and tell a girl how much they loved her and how they only dumped her for her own good? That they only tried to rearrange her brain for her own good? Does it make you feel better, Cassel? Does it? Because from my perspective, it really sucks.
~ Holly Black
I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.
~ Holly Black
All boys lie," Ben said. "And all girls lie,too. I lie. You lie. Don't pretend you don't.
~ Holly Black
He could no more lie than any of the Folk, but stories were the closest thing to lies the Folk could tell.
~ Holly Black
You're a liar, Cassel Sharpe. A lying liar who lies.
~ Holly Black
I wish I could say I was sorry, that I wanted to be honest the whole time, but I didn't. I never wanted to be honest. I just wanted what I told you to be the truth.
~ Holly Black
He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
~ Holly Black
I have asked you to lie to me in the past, in this very room, but I would beg you not to lie now.
~ Holly Black
I want to tell you so many lies," he says.
~ Holly Black
No amount of takeout Chinese food or politeness ought to make me forget exactly who and what I am dealing with.
~ Holly Black
One doesn't have to lie to deceive.
~ Holly Black
Jasper," said Call. "Tell me something, and please answer honestly." Jasper nodded. "Is this the Assembly's new strategy for torturing me until I give them information?
~ Holly Black
I cannot lie. I cannot deny you. Page 305
~ Holly Black
Nothing he says is a lie, but all his words are riddles.
~ Holly Black
Oh, yeah?" Chris says. "Maybe you should tell your friends that you're an emotion worker instead of hiding it. Do you think they'll listen to you then?" ... "How could you do this to me?" - Daneca "It's not my fault you're a liar." - Chris
~ Holly Black
You were mad at me for lying to you. Don't lie to us now.
~ Holly Black
I'm fine,' Oak says, sliding off the horse and immediately collapsing onto the asphalt. 'Fine?' the knight echoes, eyebrows raised. 'I couldn't say it if it wasn't true,' says the prince, and manages to stagger to his feet. He leans heavily on a nearby car.
~ Holly Black
Dime otra vez lo que dijiste en la fiesta- dice. -¿Qué?- Apenas puedo pensar. -Que me odias, -dice con voz ronca- dime que me odias.
~ Holly Black