I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is. Nancy Farmer
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  1. People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on... - Ayn Rand
  2. Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. - Sara Shepard
  3. Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong. - Paula Stokes
  4. Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber. - Robert Musil
  5. Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth. - Tamora Pierce
More Quotes By Nancy Farmer
  1. I am she who lifts the mountains When she goes to hunt, Who wears mamba for a headband And a lion for a belt. Beware! I swallow elephants whole And pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns, I drink up rivers to get at the hippos....
  2. I love you, " Matt said. I love you, too, " Maria replied. "I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it." If I have a soul, I'll go with you, " promised Matt.
  3. Look around you... Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.
  4. Quests always have their ups and downs, ' rumbled the giant. 'The point is never to give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You never know what might happen on the way to the bottom.
  5. Before the next minute had passed, they had all fallen to the ground. Just like that. As though someone had reached inside and turned off a switch." What happened?" Matt asked, gasping. I went from one person to the next, trying to wake them up,...
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