Deception quotations

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◆ Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

- Frank Herbert99

◆ Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

- Jim Butcher99

◆ His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.

- Dave Eggers99

◆ I remember one desolate Sunday night, wondering: Is this how I′m going to spend the rest of my life? Marrid to someone who is perpetually distracted and somewhat wistful, as though a marvelous party is going on in the next room, which but for me he could be attending?

- Suzanne Finnamore99

◆ I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.

- Suzanne Finnamore99

◆ We're a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don't believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

- Scott Lynch99

◆ So many events and moments that seemed insignificant add up. I remember how for the last Valentine′s Day, N gave flowers but no card. In restaurants, he looked off into the middle distance while my hand would creep across the table to hold his. He would always let go first. I realize I can′t remember his last spontaneous gesture of affection.

- Suzanne Finnamore99

◆ Her words were like tinfoil; they shone and they covered things up.

- Helen Cross99

◆ The snag about marriage is, it isn′t worth the divorce.

- Suzanne Finnamore99

◆ And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

- Alberto Moravia99

◆ I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough) any wounds being inflicted, of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another.

- Osamu Dazai99

◆ And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare.

- Malcolm X99

◆ Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one!

- T.F. Hodge99

◆ One of the most hurtful events that we experience when a relationship ends is to know the fact that after you have been lied to and even deceived, is that you were not even worth knowing the truth.

- David Kreger99

◆ I prefer to be broken with the ugly truth then fall in love with your beautiful lies.

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