Quote by Paula McLain

“…a lie, once uttered, changes reality just as surely as if it were a great truth.”

— Peter Ackroyd

“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

“A lie, when believed, became the truth.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

“It was unbelievable, but perhaps only the unbelievable could be believed. Perhaps the truth was always a lie.”

— Ralph Ellison

“It feels nice to emerge from the lies.”

— Markus Zusak

“A lie is just a really great story that someone ruined with the truth.”

— Barney Stinson

“The thing about the truth was that it sometimes tore apart the perfect world we forced ourselves into believing existed.”

— Nicole Sobon

“And it was a lie.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“It was not a lie. Just not an entire truth. It was the edge of a truth.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“So the man told you the truth, and now you’re surprised to discover he didn’t lie.”

— Penny Reid

“Let the past lie.’ That’s a truth if there ever was one.”

— K.E. Lanning

“and soon we realized that we were all lying, not exactly lying but mostly”

— Charles Bukowski