Quotes about lying
lying oppression form
... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation. Susie Orbach
lying magic magician
I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most. Susanna Clarke
lying integrity saying-no
All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No. Susanna Kaysen
lying gun girl-interrupted
Twenty aspirin, a little slit alongside the veins of the arm, maybe even a bad half hour standing on a roof: We've all had those. And somewhat more dangerous things, like putting a gun in your mouth. But you put it there, you taste it, it's cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you've been planning, when you'll pull the trigger. That world defeats you. You put the gun back in the drawer. You'll have to find another way.
lying forever gazing
Then he smiles as if he'd be happy to lie there and gaze at me forever. Suzanne Collins
lying moon night
The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.
lying sleep phrases
Tick, tock,” whispers Wiress. I guide her in front of me and get her to lie down, stroking her arm to soothe her. She drifts off, stirring restlessly, occasionally sighing out her phrase. “Tick, tock.” “Tick, tock,” I agree softly. “It’s time for bed. Tick, tock. Go to sleep.
lying agreement missing
Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.
lying self who-i-am
The berries. I realize the answer to who I am lies in that handful of poisonous fruit. If I held them out to save Peeta because I knew I would be shunned if I came back without him, then I am despicable. If I held them out because I loved him, I am still self-centered, although forgivable. But if I held them out to defy the capitol, I am someone of worth. The trouble is, I don't know exactly what was going on inside me at that moment.
lying sick people
Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.
lying thinking trying
I go back to my room and lie under the covers, trying not to think of Gale and thinking of nothing else.
lying believe boys
This perplexing, good natured boy who can spin out lies so convincingly to be hopelessly in love with me ... and I admit it there are moments when he makes me believe it myself.
lying kissing want
But there was only one kiss that made me feel something stir deep inside. Only one that made me want more. But my head wound started bleeding and he made me lie down.
lying eye arrows
I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. But there's only the same look of amusement that ended our last conversation. It's as if he's speaking the words again. "Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other." He's right. We did. The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.
lying eye doors
Today I might lose both of them. I try to imagine a world where both Gale's and Peeta's voices have ceased. Hands stilled. Eyes unblinking. I'm standing over their bodies, having a last look, leaving the room where they lie. But when I open the door to step out into the world, there's only a tremendous void. A pale grey nothingness that is all my future holds.
lying sick people
I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good. Because really it's mostly for their own good.
lying needs like-you
I'm lying. I don't just need someone like you. I need you. Sophie Kinsella
lying men hands
Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come? Sophocles
lying fruit
False words do not bring forth fruit.
lying
A lie never lives to be old.
lying men hands
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
lying heaven forgiving
It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it. Stephen Leacock
lying fall miracle
In earlier times they had no statistics and so they had to fall back on lies. Hence the huge exaggerations of primitive literature, giants, miracles, wonders! It's the size that counts. They did it with lies and we do it with statistics: but it's all the same.
lying fall statistics
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
lying firsts lasts
First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead Stephen King
lying confused men
Deep inside her (ih her harrowed soul) she felt a glowing ember of fury at the man responsible for this. Tha man who had put her in this position. She looked at the pistol lying beside the basin, and knew that if he were here, she would use it on him without a moment's hesitation. Knowing that made her feel confused about herself. It also made her feel a little stronger.
lying leaving
And this wasn’t lying, not really. It was leaving out.
lying
You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down.
lying deceit
Isn't it too bad that the great truths are all such lies.
lying dark-tower truth-is
Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie.
lying bleeding towns
...they came to see what happened to their town, to see if it was indeed lying burnt and bleeding. Many of them also came to die.
lying men two
The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been." But the man in black persisted as if Roland hadn't spoken. "Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!
lying philosophy faults
Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.