Quotes About Truth

Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.

Too far-fetched to believe, too obvious to ignore.

A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon.

Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn't mean they don't love you.

It's the first line in your book. I always thought there was a lot of truth in that. Or maybe that's what my English teacher said. I can't really remember. I read it last semester. - Your parents must be so proud you can read. - They are. They bought me a pony and everything when I did a book report on Cat in the Hat.

Denial is an ugly thing.

The truth is, the world isn't easy for any of us. It never has been and it never will be.

I just tell people what they already know, but are afraid to admit to themselves.

People will tell you most of the story… and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid.

The secret is to know how to lie he used to say, and to know when someone's lying to you. His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.

If a woman truly loves you, you can't always expect her to tell the truth. You see, women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think the truth might hurt your feelings. But that doesn't mean they don't love you. If they do lie, it's because they care.

I think that the point is that people rarely understand that nothing is ever exactly what you think it will be.

More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells.

But if it couldn't be love and it didn't feel like lust, what was it? Like? Did he like her? Of course, he did, but that word didn't capture his feelings, either. It was a little too... vague and soft around the edges. People liked ice cream. People liked to watch television. It meant nothing, and it didn't come close to explaining why, for the first time, he felt the urge to tell someone the truth...

People in pain don't always see things as clearly as they should

When a person sets a thing in motion, there's a feeling of unease, almost regret, until you learn the truth.

memories are funny things. Sometimes they're real, but other times they change into what we want them to be

So that's the ghost you been running from.

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

People hide the truth because they're afraid.

To me, he was saying that our reality is shaped by our perceptions. That something is good or bad only because we- you and I- believe it to be so, based on our own experiences.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.

because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .