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Quotes About Truth

The truth is, if a werewolf behaved like this psychopath it wouldn't be because he was part animal, but because he was still too human. Only humans kill for sport.
~ Kelley Armstrong
We are imprisoned by the truth we dare not see. We are imprisoned by the questions we dare not ask. "I'm asking!" I shouted. "I'm asking and asking and asking, and all I get are riddles and useless visions. What else do you want me to do?
~ Kelley Armstrong
You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
~ Kelley Armstrong
He called after me, "How old am I, Maya?" I turned. "How the hell should I know? Whatever you've told the school, I'm sure it's a lie anyway." "I'm sixteen, just like you. Or like you will be tomorrow, from what I heard. My birthday was last month." "Congratulations." I started walking again. "I'll send you a card next year, if you hang around that long, which I doubt.
~ Kelley Armstrong
He called after me, "How old am I, Maya?" I turned. "How the hell should I know? Whatever you've told the school, I'm sure it's a lie anyway.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies.
~ Kelley Armstrong
It might not be fatal," I said. "Depends on how long it takes you to find your cell phone." I emptied the rifle's magazine. Then I laid down the gun. "I'd suggest you tell the police it was a hunting accident. Otherwise I'll have to tell them the truth." I helped Sam to the truck. As she got in, she winced, then glowered at the man lying on the ground. "If I could kick him without falling on my ass, I would," she said.
~ Kelley Armstrong
I believe you are conflating your fantasy worlds." "You
~ Kelley Armstrong
Our pictures might not be recognizable, but come on. Why would we lie about it?" "Same reason my own kids lie," the server said. "To get attention." "Seriously?" Sam said. "We're going to hatch this elaborate scheme, and launch it in your crappy little--?" I stepped on Sam's foot.
~ Kelley Armstrong
The false-faced angel of light always comes wrapped up in the Word of God.
~ Kelley Varner
I didn't find my story; it found me, as autobiography always does: finds you out in your deepest most private places.
~ Kelly Cherry
The face, the whole body, the way you moved in it, just a guise. You put it on, you put it off again. What was underneath belonged to you, just you, as long as you kept it hidden.
~ Kelly Link
If you were to say a witch's chess set instead of a witch's family , there would be some truth in that. Perhaps this is true of other families as well.
~ Kelly Link
And if it's not fake, if it's all real, this fun, these friends, this life, then that's even worse, isn't it?
~ Kelly Link
Imaginary houses are sexy. Real ones are work.
~ Kelly Link
It worked because I asked justly. Magic makes judgments. Remember that.
~ Kelly Link
You never get cheered for telling people the situation is not as simple as they think.
~ Ken Follett
The truth is not arrived at by majority vote.
~ Ken Follett
Since Lenin died, every Soviet leader had been a liar. They had all glossed over what was wrong and declined to acknowledge reality. The most striking characteristic of Soviet leadership for the last sixty-five year was the refusal to face facts.(1075)
~ Ken Follett
cuanto más sencillas son las cosas, menos errores se cometen.
~ Ken Follett
the war taught me that nothing counts as much as loyalty Bullshit. you still haven't learned that when humans are under pressure, we're all willing to lie even to the people we care? we lie more to our loved ones, because we care about them so damn much. why do you think we tell the truth to priests and shrinks and total strangers we meet on trains? it's because we don't love them, so we don't care what they think.
~ Ken Follett
the ultimate truth about oppression: that it works by turning its victims against each other instead of against their oppressors. He
~ Ken Follett
Weißt du denn nicht, dass du die Seele verlierst, wenn du die Wahrheit über dich selbst abstreitest?
~ Ken Follett
The greater their ignorance, the stronger their opinions. Georgetown
~ Ken Follett