Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong- I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You're short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn't work. So people lie by omission all the time. People will tell you most of the story..and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid." -Jo. Nicholas Sparks
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  2. Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. - George R.r. Martin
  3. Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is. - Vladimir Nabokov
  4. All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it. - Woody Allen
  5. A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake
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  1. I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart...
  2. Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.
  3. So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.
  4. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.
  5. You are, and always have been, my dream.
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