Quote by Dan Skinner

“It was difficult to tell them the truth when a lie would have been so much easier for them to understand.”

— Philip Pullman

“In a way it's so easy, all he has to do is say what they want to hear and they're happy, they love him,…

— Ben Fountain

“It’s easier for them to accept than the truth, which is that they can’t know everything about people and why they act the way…

— Veronica Roth

“What lies ahead is going to be very difficult,” he started to say, altering his voice. His tone said: We don’t have to speak…

— André Aciman

“We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our…

— Roy Bennett

“The lies you wanted to hear were the easiest ones to tell.”

— James Whitfield Thomson

“People are so complex. They want to hear the truth, but they want you to lie to them.”

— Kelsey Sutton

“It's a lie that matches his desire.”

— Naomi Novik

“Some people do not wish to hear the truth. The truth speaks too loudly for them. They instead prefer the whisper of lies.”

— Val Edward Simone

“Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“The truth is that most of us go to great lengths to disguise our weaknesses.”

— Kyle Idleman

“He’d found a hard truth less hard than an easy lie. There”

— Terry Pratchett