“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”
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“I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.”
― Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
― Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”
― Water for Elephants
― Water for Elephants
“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”
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“Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.”
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