“There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul.”
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“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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“No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.”
― Heartless
― Heartless
“The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
― The Quintessence of Ibsenism
― The Quintessence of Ibsenism
“And another way of explaining it is to say that shit happens, and there's no space too small, too dark and airless and fucking hopeless, for people to crawl into.”
― A Long Way Down
― A Long Way Down
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