“Dominate your mind, or be dominated by it. I chose domination.”
“We find in silence and body language the shadow of truth.”
Source: Operation Jihadi Bride: The Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS
“If you pile lie upon lie the pile gets so high the truth is obscured.”
Source: Operation Jihadi Bride: The Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS
“Liars are the acid that eats at the foundations of public life and democracy.”
Source: Operation Jihadi Bride: The Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS
“The lies we tell ourselves are always the most dangerous, and I know that sometimes the thoughts that we hide in the margins of our minds are the most honest, because they are ours alone.”
Source: Rock Paper Scissors
“The narrative is as important as the truth.”
Source: The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question
“[Samael] had once told Be’elzebul in private: “Tell them just enough of the truth to gain their trust, and they will believe the small lie between the cracks.”
Source: The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question
“Dad!” called Grant, staying put. “I think Mom’s sick.”
I’m not sick, baby, I’m watching the goddamn world end. . . . “I’m fine, sweetie,” Laurel choked out. “Perfectly fine. Did you brush your teeth already?”
Silence now, a listening silence. “You sound funny.”
Laurel felt herself gearing down into survival mode. The shock of the positive pregnancy test had caused a violent emotional dislocation; from there it was only a small step to full-blown dissociation. Suddenly her pregnancy became a matter of academic interest, one small factor to be weighed in the day’s long list of deceptions. Eleven months of adultery had schooled her well in the shameful arts.”
Source: Third Degree
“On “The truth coming out of the well” (1896), by Jean-Léon Gérôme: the naked truth and the lie dressed in truth: is the problem of truth a question of moral modesty?”
“On “The truth coming out of the well” (1896), by Jean-Léon Gérôme: the naked truth and the lie dressed in truth: is the problem of truth a question of moral pudency?”