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“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
― Oscar Wilde

“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“People trust their eyes above all else - but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there”
― Zoë Marriott, Shadows on the Moon

“Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.”
― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

“And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.”
― Alberto Moravia, The Woman of Rome

“I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.”
― Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce

“Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one!”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.”
― Thomas Hobbes

“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims

“It's risky, falling in love."

"I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes, and forget them for three hours.

"But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."

"What a horrible way to put it," he said.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.”
― Paulo Coelho

“When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up”
― Paulo Coelho

“It is not time that changes man nor knowledge the only thing that can change someone's mind is love.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“They know what the “perfumes” are going to say because they
always say the same thing, but they pretend to believe them anyway.

(a)“I could change your life.”
(b)“A lot of women would like to be in your shoes.”
(c)“You’re young now, but what will become of you in a few
years’ time? You need to think about making a longer-term
investment.”
(d)“I’m married, but my wife . . .” (This opening line can have
various endings: “. . . is ill,” “. . . has threatened to commit
suicide if I leave her,” etc.)
(e)“You’re a princess and deserve to be treated like one. I didn’t
know it until now, but I’ve been waiting for you. I don’t believe
in coincidences and I really think we ought to give this relationship a chance.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“I learned the bad guys are not always bad, the good guys are not always good, and to quote Captain Barbossa, the parameters are like rules, mostly guidelines. And that it takes a little bit of bad boy to fight the evil in the world.
--Terri Mitchell”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Phantom in the Night