She thought men were saviors... And she looked for more in them than what they were.. Only to rescue herself from those she wished would rescue her.. And isn't that the most tragic lie.. The lie where we tell what we wished were true and believe it..? She had an artificial memory, a prosthesis to a past that never was.. She was like a party that no one ever went to.. Like a cure..without a disease.. And isn't that the greatest fear of all..to be ready with the answersto questions that no one asks anymore? . Merrit Malloy
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
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
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S.E. Hinton
Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.
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Steve Maraboli
What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.
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Criss Jami
More Quotes By Merrit Malloy
And I choose to be alone Rather than wrapped in arms I could never need.
Whatever we say We're always telling each other exactly what we want them to know... We are always telling each other The truth Even when We're lying
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Letting people be okay without us is how we get to be okay without them.
