Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
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George R.r. Martin
Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.
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Vladimir Nabokov
All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
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Woody Allen
A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.
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William Blake
More Quotes By Sue Grafton
Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.
Let’s face it, life is trivial, and my guess is that dying imparts very little wisdom on those in process.
I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.
It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.
Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.
