“The best men tell you the truth because they think you can take it; the worst men either try to preserve you in some innocent state with their false protection, or are 'brutally honest.' When someone tells, lets you think for yourself, experience your own emotions, he is treating you as a true equal, a friend...And the best men cook for you.” ThinkingMenTryingStatesEmotionWorstHonestHonestyTruth IsEqualProtectionInnocentCooksPreservesThink For YourselfBrutally Honest Author:Whitney Otto
“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.” LyingTrustTruth IsToolsInnocentInnocenceLiarsDistrustLiedTruth And LiesLove And TrustNaivetyLies TruthSaying The TruthLies And LiarsChildren InnocencePurity And Innocence Book:Needful Things Source: Needful Things
“The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.” PeopleMatterTruthEarthReligionSinBrotherTruth IsArgumentTraditionMurderKillingExcuseInnocentTolerateBrothers And SistersSufiNo ExcusesWrongdoingAlways Wrong Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips, the daintiest dimples, and apple cheeks so rosy I appear in a perpetual blush. At five foot four, I barely squeak by average height. And then there's my voice: straight out of second grade. I come across so young and innocent and harmless that I have been carded for buying maple syrup. Tourists feel more safe approaching me for directions, telemarketers always ask if my mother is home, and waitresses always, always call me 'Hon.” IfsFeelsHeartHas BeensHomeFacesYoungMotherAsksVoiceFiveFourFeetTruth IsSafeRoundsLipsAverageTinyStuckInnocentHeightApplesBuyingGradesCall MePerpetualCheeksPieTouristsWaitressRosyMapleTruth Be ToldSyrupDimplesMaple Syrup Author:Sarah Vowell