Deception Quote by Darrell Drake

“He did not know what it meant to lie or that soon he would lie to the very woman teaching him the art of…

— Erika Swyler

“Deception to a noble end, though regrettable, was sometimes necessary for a greater good. Lying for selfish reasons was the fertile dirt of immorality,…

— Terry Goodkind

“Deception was another phase of life, with betrayal at its heels; or sometimes, shining in its eyes.”

— Michayla Roth

“She had thought him a fighter, just a fighter. And in her foolishness, she had thought him perceptive. Had even admired him for his…

— Kristin Cashore

“She lost herself in infinite dismay when she thought of the magnitude of his deception.”

— Henry James

“Though he was inquiring into himself as closely as he could, he never even told himself that he had been dishonest. Fraud and dishonesty…

— Anthony Trollope

“And now, she knew her husband had lied to her. So many years, following him to so many places, and he had repaid her…

— Roxane Gay

“She was a fool—infusing his every word with innuendo, every touch with fire, all the while believing that it alone could satisfy her.”

— Shewanda Pugh

“And when she said, Father, I love you , she was neither naive nor dishonest, but the opposite: she was wise and truthful enough…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“But I had learned deceptions could be uttered with a straight face, a warm smile might conceal malice, and that the most dangerous lies…

— Sue Lynn Tan

“He felt at once betrayed and betrayer, deceived and deceiver. He was a criminal forced into crime, an unwilling whore.”

— Peter Benchley

“He had always prided himself on his ability to bargain, to bluff, to contain his ever-aching heart within the folds of his robes where…

— V.S. Carnes