Quotes About Honesty

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.

The whole point of crying was to quit before you cornied it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted, let yourself go and you started embellishing your own sobs.

He found it so easy and so pleasant to cry that he didn't try to stop for a while, until he realized he was forcing his sobs a little, exaggerating their depth with unnecessary shudders. … The whole point of crying is to quit before you coined it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted

She was calm and quiet now with knowing what she had always known, what neither her parents nor Aunt Claire nor Frank nor anyone else had ever had to teach her: that if you wanted something to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

I'm sorry." "Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part you have to let go, yeah, but still something that's made you who you are.

You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all sorts of bad things to me, and I'd still come back to you. Just keep things honest, okay? Tell me what you're feeling. If you're feeling something for Dimitri that's confusing you, tell me. We'll work it out.

How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.

My mother wasn?t sleeping with anybody. She doesn?t even sleep with my father.

Aaron would never make up anything like that." "That's because Aaron doesn't say anything that requires words of more than one syllable.

Your truths are worse than your lies.

Cheaters, I thought.

Because it's simple, I love you, and I don't want to keep pretending like I don't. -Rose to Dimitri

You're a terrible liar, boy," Rand called after us. "Is he right?" I asked quietly, once we'd put some distance between the guest cabin and us. "That I'm a terrible liar? No. I'm a fantastic liar.

The truth, huh? No one wants to hear the truth. The truth is never sexy. But you... You are too goddamned sexy to be real. -Christian to Lissa

Rose, I cheat at cards and buy liquor for minors. But I would never, ever force you into something you don't want.

You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well, I'm going to.

I don't think most people take honest well. They prefer the games. They want to believe the pretty lies.

You're a terrible liar, Sage, but I'm still touched you'd attempt it for my sake. A for effort.

Not me. Give me honesty anytime.

When a person can see into your soul, it's hard. It forces you to be open. Vulnerable. It's much easier being with someone who's just more of a casual friend." - Dimitri

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

And I know this sounds like another bullshit breakup line, but I really would like to be your friend.

You guys think if I don't hear bad things, then they won't exist anymore. But you know what? They still do exist, and I do end up hearing them. And I wish to God that I could have heard them from the people I love first