Quotes About Truth

What's real? I ain't interested in what's real. I'm interested in how things should be.

I don't recall the moment when I officially became a storyteller—a talented liar—but here I must quote Simon Ortiz, the Acoma Pueblo writer, who said, "Listen. If it's fiction, then it better be true.

He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not green. He says everything is a matter of perception.

Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad. Lies rot and stink up the joint.

Of course, you can't lie forever. Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad. Lies rot and stink up the joint.

Ho cercato di fermarla, ma Penelope era già schizzata verso la macchina per dire a Roger tutta la verità. E così Roger, che è buono di cuore e generoso di portafogli, e solo un pochino razzista, quella notte mi ha accompagnato in macchina fino a casa. E da allora lo ha fatto un sacco di altre volte. Se lasci entrare le persone nella tua vita anche solo un po', a volte possono essere dannatamente fantastiche.

there are times when the last thing you want to hear is the truth.

But epics are rarely honest, and honesty should never be epic.

That's just a fancy way of calling me a liar," I said. "If the moccasin fits, then wear it," she said.

And trust me, there are times when the last thing you want to hear is the truth.

Everybody prayed; everybody lied about it. Even atheists prayed on airplanes and bingo nights.

Nobody knew the truth. Of course, you can't lie forever. Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad.

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong." Wow

Son, things have never been like how you think they used to be.

You know, I said to my sister later at the funeral. I think Mom is telling the truth about losing us. We're never going to know the exact details. But there's too much real pain in this story for it to be a lie. My sister nodded. She agreed. But what did we agree to? Jesus, we as adults were grateful that our mother had probably told us the truth about endangering us as children. How fucked is that?

Sometimes you don't something is true until you hear it for the first time.

Regarding love, marriage, and sex, both Shakespeare and Sitting Bull knew the only truth: treaties get broken.

What's real? I ain't interested in what's real. I'm interested in how things should be.

I'd wanted to say something epic and honest. But epics are rarely honest, and honesty should never be epic.

surrounded by five hundred years of convenient lies.

Truth becomes the foundation for every other life task.

Yeah, it never fails to amaze me how a single lie can undo an entire lifetime of good. (Aiden)

There are always three sides to every memory…yours, theirs, and the truth, which lies somewhere in between the two

I can't believe you married a justice nymph and have yet to learn anything from her. There are always three sides to every memory, Z. Yours, theirs, and the truth, which lies somewhere in between the two. (Acheron)