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Truth Quotes by Stephen King

63 Truth quotes by Stephen King

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An upside‑down map shows that life can feel confusing when truth is hidden. The quotes point out that children often speak the whole truth, while adults may twist it. They also remind us that telling the truth is better than a lie, even when it’s hard.

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We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

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“...sometimes the truth is cruel.”

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“Words have weight.”

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The truth is in the details.

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“...sometimes the truth is beautiful.”

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“When I say truth, I mean beauty.”

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Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

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This was the Darker Life, where every truth was written backward.

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“The world was round, that was the deadly truth of it.”

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The simple truth of things is that bad dreams are far better than bad wakings.

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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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“imitation really is the most sincere form of flattery. But”

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“This was a fact so simple that it defied logic. It bypassed logic.”

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“It's easy - too easy - to either disbelieve or disregard someone you dislike.”

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“The truth is that most writers are needy.”

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“Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!”

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“A lawyer's answer...so close to the truth that the truth was able to hide in its shadow.”

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It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

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“The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.”

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“...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies,…

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“The refrigerator whirred, the water dripped in the sink, and the raw seconds passed. This was the Darker Life, where every truth…

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Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?

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“Truth was sometimes not the same as reality—this was one of the certainties that lived in the hollow, cavey place at the…

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He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in…

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Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only…

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“When you're twenty-one, life is a roadmap. It's only when you get to twenty-five or so that you begin to suspect you've…

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Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your…

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“He was in that mostly empty-headed state of grace which is sometimes such fertile soil ; it's the ground from which our…

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“I don't want to see it anymore. It's lousy. And it's a cheat. You build it all around something... set yourself on…

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“Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? There is an offer you…

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Oh, there were all sorts of things to wonder about, but the truth was simple: here stood this door alone on an…

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“Don't think I know you," Harold said, grinning, as they shook. He had a firm grip. Larry's hand was pumped up and…

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“Faith and power, he had come to believe, were interchangeable. Was the final truth even simpler? That no act of faith was…

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The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been."…

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“Here is the final truth of horror movies: They do not love death, as some have suggested; they love life. They do…

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“And because Eddie knew that was only the truth, he said nothing.”

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“I don't have to listen to rumors about a man when I can judge him for myself.”

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“Fiction is a lie. And GOOD fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

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“Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth.”

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“The trust of the innocent is the liars most useful tool.”

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