Truth Quote by Jessica Bird

“He said it softly, because he didn’t believe, ever, that the truth was good for anything.”

— Alessandro Baricco

“It’s coming to seem the only way to avoid hurting other people, which in his experience is what gives them power over you.”

— Russell Banks

“He was looking for the most hurtful way to tell the truth, but of course I already knew the truth.”

— John Green

“The truth is . . . Well, the truth is the truth, and thus worth telling, but sometimes truths are so complicated that it’s…

— Merrie Haskell

“Truth is a powerful weapon ... We must be careful how we use it.”

— Erin Hunter

“Nobody wants to tell a truth which harms himself.”

— Toba Beta

“There were times, he saw, when not knowing was the biggest truth, and you had to stay with that.”

— Rachel Joyce

“If you should find yourself getting hit hard with the truth, at least let it knock some sense into you.”

— Anne Dennish

“If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn’t give him power.”

— Octavia E. Butler

“He'd played at being a different man, but it had all been lies. The hardest kind to see through. The kind you tell yourself.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“I could tell he was lying. But it didn't mean I knew what the truth was.”

— Brittany Cavallaro

“...it was easier to keep the truth to myself, because what could anyone else do? I carried the weight of my choices around with…

— Staci Hart