Quotes About Genuineness

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend.

We are what we pretend to be, but we better be very careful what we pretend.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

We had better appear what we are, than affect to appear what we are not.

We are real people with real feelings and we're not evil or mean. Take Ron for instance, he is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and if you talked to him you'd see that instantly. I mean the guy is just super smart and super sweet and nice but nobody wants to talk about how goddamn normal we all are. We raise our kids and love our families and get our mail and wash our cars and do everything else that you or your wife do. It's really not as far out as people think.

I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.

It's always better to live the truth than to live a lie.

love given without free will or truthfulness wasn't love at all.

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

All I know is that you can't force yourself to feel something you don't.

I have always felt," Nathan said, "that the truth is simply the truth. And perhaps does not exist for us to bend and revise. Or even filter to suit the feelings of those we love and want to protect.

truth is simply the truth. And perhaps does not exist for us to bend and revise. Or even filter

the truth is simply the truth. And perhaps does not exist for us to bend and revise. Or even filter to suit the feelings of those we love and want to protect.

We're all just running around being exactly what we are.

There is one thing in this life you can never hide, and that's love. When you're in love, you can't disguise that. No one I've known can conceal it, so far as I could tell. It's like that old saying about trying to hide your light under a bushel basket, except in this case all that happens is you get this very shiny basket that glows with a light people can see from miles away.

the truth is simply the truth. And perhaps does not exist for us to bend and revise. Or even filter to suit the feelings of those we love and want to protect." He

have always felt," Nathan said, "that the truth is simply the truth. And perhaps does not exist for us to bend and revise. Or even filter to

I couldn't bring myself to talk like one of those corny made-for-TV movies where people say exactly what they're feeling, as though there was nothing difficult about that at all.

I think it makes not one bit of difference if those words came from the soul of Annaliese Schmidt or from the inside of my own brain. I think it only matters if the words are right.

Have I ever done anything of my own, an act or state that arose from Elefsis, and not careful, exquisite mimicry? Have they?

However unlikely it may seem, it is the truth and, therefore, one hundred percent likely.