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 fall years
America's strength lies not in its one-ness, but in its diversity of beliefs and efforts. And it will take all our strength in the coming years to combat global warming alarmism and to keep America from falling into the totalitarian green abyss. Steven Milloy
lying doctors
Rule 1: The Doctor lies. Steven Moffat
lying feel-better thinking
The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?' Amelia: 'Yeah...' The Doctor: 'Everything's going to be fine.
lying passing-by law
Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie. Steven Pressfield
lying believe one-thing
It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.
lying memorable thinking
When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me. Steven Morrissey
lying
I lie a lot - it's really useful.
lying opportunity age
As the saying goes, the Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones; we transitioned to better solutions. The same opportunity lies before us with energy efficiency and clean energy. Steven Chu
lying believe thinking
Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is to believe your own lies. You can’t leak your hidden intentions if you don’t think they are your intentions. According to his theory of self-deception, the conscious mind sometimes hides the truth from itself the better to hide it from others. But the truth is useful, so it should be registered somewhere in the mind, walled off from the parts that interact with other people. Steven Pinker
lying ghost-stories stories
Ghost stories ... tell us about things that lie hidden within all of us, and which lurk outside all around us. Susan Hill
lying oneness forever
When we live moment to moment, we place ourselves at the center of life, where infinite wisdom abides, rather than on the periphery, where things are forever changing and we are susceptible to the vagaries of the world. It is in our awareness each moment of our oneness with God that our inner peace and greatest strength lie. Susan L. Taylor
lying be-who-you-are trying
Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works. Summer Glau
lying agnostic sin
So telling a lie becomes a sin if you tell it to take advantage of a person, but if you tell a lie to do a good thing for him that is not a sin. Even God tells lies very often; you can see this throughout history. Sun Myung Moon
lying unification-church sin
If you tell a lie to make a person better, then that is not a sin.
lying army enemy
Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy. Sun Tzu
lying war fighting
Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.
lying art-of-war opportunity
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands