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Quotes About Lied

The story this book tells is about the people who made our world; then the people who realized there might be a problem; then the people who lied about that problem.
~ David Lipsky
adventure. Tom felt guilty to be leaving her behind, but he felt he had no choice. "Maybe next time," lied the boy. Sally smiled. "Look, Tom, I understand. The others have never invited me. You go. But I want you to promise me something." "What?" he asked. "I want you to tell me all about the night's adventure when you get back." "I will," he said.
~ David Walliams
All I could think was, The psychologist lied to us, and suddenly the pressure of her presence far above, guarding the entrance, was pressing down on me in an intolerable way.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Then, too, that other effect of the spores, the brightness in my chest, continued to sculpt me as I walked, and by the time I reached the deserted village that told me I was halfway to the lighthouse, I believed I could have run a marathon. I did not trust that feeling. I felt, in so many ways, that I was being lied to.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
the America name came from a pickle seller guy who got famous because he lied about doing sex with natives)
~ Anthony Doerr
What's in your other hand?" "A message I need to have sent," he lied blithely. "I'll leave you to your work." "Without a kiss?" He definitely felt his mouth twitch that time. "You're baiting me." "And enjoying it very much, thank you." "I haven't the time for it now," he said. "I've a very important matter to attend to. Perhaps later.
~ Lynn Kurland
Shouldn't we try to help him?' Simla asked. I shook my head, with as much reluctance as I could feign. 'I wish we could,' I lied.
~ Sandy Mitchell
As they entered the camp, Lionpaw raced to meet them. "Wow!" He stared at Bluepaw's bloodied ear. "Does it hurt?" "A little," Bluepaw lied. It stung like fury.
~ Erin Hunter
I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.
~ Benjamin Carson
Phryne tried reasoning with him, but he talked right over her attempts at an explanation, fixated on his belief that she had not only disobeyed him but lied to him, as well.
~ Terry Brooks
there is only one way this can end: with the kind of defeat that makes a people feel that their preachers have lied to them, their leaders have deserted them, that the world is against them and that God is dead.
~ Ken MacLeod
Honey is also one of the most manipulated and lied-about foods on the planet. A lot of commercial honey is actually honey mixed with flavored corn syrup. You have to be careful where you buy.
~ Nicholas Sparks
It's nearly full dark. We should go." "We? I thought you were going to leave me alone." "I lied," Jace said without a shred of embarrassment.
~ Cassandra Clare
The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version of the truth. No one likes being outright lied to, even in fiction.
~ Sarah Pinborough
It hurts not being with me? Well it hurt a lot more to be cheated on and lied to...it's alot different when its you hurting. Sucks dont it?
~ Unknown
Truth is, I lied when I said I'm nothing without you...turns out I'm better off.
~ Unknown
Finally, there was a new rationale that Flynn should be fired not because of his Russian contacts, but because he had lied about them to the vice president. This was a convenient invention of a chain of command: in fact, Flynn did not report to Vice President Pence, and he was arguably a good deal more powerful than Pence.
~ Michael Wolff