"The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies."

Truth, Lies, Reality, Honesty

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"The fact differentiates the fake."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Truth, Fact, Reality

"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Truth, Pain, Reality, Discovery

"To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Truth, Darkness, Falsehood, Light

"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Truth, Experience, Knowledge, Personal

"My truth could be very different than your truth."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Truth, Perception, Differences

"Truth is not for sale. The man who sells truths that could help and guide humanity will never have peace of mind. Share truths freely, and you will always be revealed more."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Truth, Peace, Guidance, Sharing

"I see the truth in people because they can see the truth in me."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Truth, Perception, Honesty, Understanding

"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Truth, Lie

"The truth can do years of work in seconds."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Truth, Scripture, Interpretation, Inspirational

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"You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet."

Self

"She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air."

Nature

"I survive at the edge of friends circles."

Psychology

"Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to."

Ethics

"I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus. I'm sorry Rachel. I'm sorry Jon. I'm sorry I'm alive and you're dead. I'm sorry I was asleep. I'm sorry I didn't save you and now I'm taking your things. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Emotion

"One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys."

Humor

"The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke."

Romance

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"The fact differentiates the fake."

"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

"To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be."

"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

"My truth could be very different than your truth."

"Truth is not for sale. The man who sells truths that could help and guide humanity will never have peace of mind. Share truths freely, and you will always be revealed more."

"I see the truth in people because they can see the truth in me."

"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"

"The truth can do years of work in seconds."

"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."

Explore more quotes by Holly Black

"You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet."

"She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air."

"I survive at the edge of friends circles."

"Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to."

"One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys."

"What an author doesn't know could fill a book."

"Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying."

"Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty."

"The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke."