“There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. See, I always suspect characters who are painted as lovely, decent human beings. I would always question where the darkness lies.” HumansArtRealMomentsCharacterLyingHuman BeingsDarknessLovelyDecentSuspectsGlimpseTwistedAffirmingLife Affirming Author:Martin McDonagh
“Lying is a crime the least liable to variation in its definitions. A child will upon the slightest temptation tell an untruth as readily as the truth. That is, as soon as he can suspect that it will be to his advantage; and the dread that he afterward has of telling a lie is acquired principally by his being threatened, punished, and terrified by those who detect him in it, till at length, a number of painful impressions are annexed to the telling of an untruth, and he comes even to shudder at the thought of it.” ChildrenLyingNumbersCrimeAdvantageDefinitionsPainfulImpressionTemptationLengthSuspectsDreadTerrifiedThreatenedVariationLiableUntruth Book:The Theological and Miscellaneous Works. Ed. with Notes by John Towill Rutt Source: The Theological and Miscellaneous Works. Ed. with Notes by John Towill Rutt
“A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found. I am for fumigating the atmosphere when I suspect that falsehood, like pestilence, breathes around me.” ShouldLyingFoundBreatheAtmosphereSuspectsFalsehoodPestilence Author:Thomas Carlyle
“I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.” BelieveLightLyingNaturalDarknessIllnessSatanSuspectsDarkness To Light Book:Table talk Source: Table talk