By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.
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Dorothy Parker
I never lie, " I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.
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Anne Rice
At first I did not love you, Jude; that I own. When I first knew you I merely wanted you to love me. I did not exactly flirt with you; but that inborn craving which undermines some women's morals almost more than unbridled passion--the craving...
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Thomas Hardy
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible.
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J.d. Salinger
...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons.- Mr. Penderwick
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Jeanne Birdsall
More Quotes By Cortney S. Warren
One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves.
We would all benefit by shifting our focus from seeing pain as bad to seeing pain as motivation to change.
The truth is that our self-deceptive lies range from seemingly tiny untruths to massive life-altering falsehoods about reality.
I cannot overemphasize the impact our childhood has on our ability to be honest because we live out what we learned as children in our adult relationships.
Living through difficult life circumstances in not an excuse for passing trauma onto someone else.
