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“Alone so much can be achieved, together breeds lies, corruption and fraud.”

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“…the idea that belief alone is now enough, in certain quarters, to give something the weight of truth. The effect might not be equivalent, but the implications are: that by not asking questions, by reacting rather than thinking, we allow ourselves to be susceptible to all manner of lies. Here have the fallout from the detonation of the central narrative, the breakdown of a kind of collective dialogue, in which, in the name of some amorphous fantasy of identity or ideology, we succumb to the most reptilian of our fears.”

Truth Fear Identity Lies Ideology

Book:The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time

Source: The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time

“Kolay erişilebilir olmak, bir insanın kıymetini asla azaltmaz; fakat algılanan cazibesini her zaman gölgeler.”

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Book:Şah. Mat. Aşk.: Bazen bir hamle, bir ömrü değiştirir

Source: Şah. Mat. Aşk.: Bazen bir hamle, bir ömrü değiştirir

“There is a dragon in my head and he is mean. He says he is my best friend. He says he wants to take care of me and keep me safe. But I don't believe him.”

Care Lies Safety Best Friend Dragon Meanness

Book:Help! There's a Dragon in My Head

Source: Help! There's a Dragon in My Head

“De fapt, în mintea mea, era în același timp pe de-a-ntregul adevărat și evident o minciună, și poate numai copiii sunt în stare să accepte asemenea adevăruri cu două fețe.”

Book:Swing Time

Source: Swing Time

“Mr. Scoresby...told me there were truthtellers, and they needed to know what the truth was, so as to tell it. And there were liars, and they needed to know what the truth was, so they could change it or avoid it. And there were bullshitters, who didn't care about the truth at all. They weren't interested. What they spoke wasn't the truth and it wasn't lies; it was bullshit. All they were interested in was their own performance.”

Philosophy Truth Lies Storytellers Lyra Silvertongue

Book:The Secret Commonwealth

Source: The Secret Commonwealth

“We are living in interesting times where truths and propaganda are all mixed up and all you have to do is push a Hashtag and sell 'your truth.”

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Author:Don Santo

“What if we are all capable of lying to ourselves? But the story didn’t bother Naomi. Instead it reassured her confirming that the stories we tell ourselves have more meaning than the facts. That doesn’t make them lies. Seeded with every myth was the emotional truth.”

Stories Truth Lies

Book:The Butterfly Girl

Source: The Butterfly Girl

“Maybe, according to my insula, this is the way things are these days in America: that for some of us, the world stopped making sense. Anything can happen. Here can be there, then can be now, up can be down, truth can be lies. Everything's slip-sliding around and there's nothing to hold on to. The whole thing has come apart at the seams.”

Truth America United States Lies Usa Nonsense United States Of America Falling Apart Sense Us

Book:Quichotte

Source: Quichotte

“I cannot tell if I am lying.”

Book:Rules for Vanishing

Source: Rules for Vanishing

“Any fool can tell a lie, and any fool can believe it; but the right method is to tell the truth in such a way that the intelligent reader is seduced into telling the lie for himself.”

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Author:Dorothy L. Sayers