Quotes by American Authors - Page 263

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.
John Grisham
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
Thomas Jefferson
And this wasn’t lying, not really. It was leaving out.
Stephen King
Lying is easy. But it’s lonely.
Victoria Schwab
I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you.""I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought about it for a moment, then added, "--or the best. Now I'm all confused.
Tamora Pierce
When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.
Scott Lynch
No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth.
Nancy Werlin
The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.
Elena Gorokhova
The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.
Nicholas Sparks
She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.
Holly Black
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Yogi Berra
Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.
Patricia Briggs
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
Bruce Lee
I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.
Nancy Farmer
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar
Abraham Lincoln
Actually," said Jace, "I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.
Cassandra Clare
If you want something better for your life, you've got to start by believing you deserve it.
Sheryl Sorrentino
Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. 
Roger W. Babson
When you slow down and focus on completing one task at a time, your life will automatically diversify.
Franklin Gillette
Take sincere joy in the success of others. Being happy for them will make you feel incredible about YOU!
D. Denise Dianaty
At the end, someone or something always gives up. It is either you give up and quit or the obstacle or failure gives up and makes way for your success to come through.
Idowu Koyenikan
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
Og Mandino
Success = 1 part work + 1 part play + 1 part keep your mouth shut
Albert Einstein
I could try to care, but I ain't sure it's worth the bother.
Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.
Tia Walker
Emotional self-defense...Those who care so much, maybe too much, know that it takes wisdom and courage to sometimes say, “no” to others.
Steve Maraboli
Where you go, he'll go," Stebbs said."I know it.""Tough caring about people, isn't it?"... "Wouldn't trade it," she said.
Mindy McGinnis
She’s fulfilled her obligation, assuaged her conscience by finding me in the hallway and giving me the chance to freak out, and I’ve played my role too, by remaining calm, pretending to be okay, and therefore giving her permission to cross me off her things-to-do list. Now she can move on, and I can too.Once you understand how adults are controlled by the system, manipulating them is elementary.
Matthew Quick
What does it mean to care? Let me start by saying that the word care has become a very ambivalent word. When someone says: 'I will take care of him!' it is more likely an announcement of an impending attack than of a tender compassion. And besides this ambivalence, the word is most often used in a negative way. 'Do you want coffee or tea?' 'I don't care.' 'Do you want to stay home or go to a movie?' 'I don't care.' 'Do you want to walk or go by car?' 'I don't care.' This expression of indifference toward choices in life has become commonplace. And often it seems that not to care has become more acceptable than to care, and a carefree life-style more attractive than a careful one.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
But after it's all said and done, don't you want to grow old with your best friend? At the end of the day, that's who you want to share your life and laughter with. Someone who will be there in hard times to hold you tight. Someone who will fight for your honor and support your decisions. Someone who will encourage your dreams and help you to fulfill them.
Dannika Dark
Caring about someone doesn't mean taking care of them.
Amy Harmon
I am sick with caring.
Charles Bukowski
You can only access the beautiful world through faith by truthfully embracing beauty and caring.
Bryant McGill
I thought about him everyday until then. I started having these conversations with him in my head that you have when you meet someone you sense is going to be important in your life.
Deb Caletti
It all came apart once you started caring for something outside yourself.
Kameron Hurley
You started caring about somebody, you did stupid things.
Kameron Hurley
It never ceases to amaze me: the things people care about.
Marty Rubin
Let happiness bloom. In the caring love,In the softness of your tender voice,In the nonjudgmental love,In the beauty and pureness of a smile.
Debasish Mridha
That's arrogance, Harry. " he said, gently. "On a level so deep, you don't even realize it exists. And do you know why it's there?" "No?" I asked. He smiled again. "Because you have set a higher standard for yourself. You think that, because you have more power than others, you have to do more with it." "To whom much is given, much is required," I said, without looking up. He barked out a short laugh. "For someone who repeatedly tells me he has no faith, you have a surprising capacity to quote scripture. And that's just my point." I eyed him. "What?" "You wouldn't be twisting yourself into knots like this, Harry, if you didn't care." "So?" "Monsters don't care," Michael said. "The damned don't care, Harry. The only way to go beyond redemption is to choose to take yourself there. The only way to do it is to stop caring.
Jim Butcher
What if there's no town for fifty kilometers?" Said Enoch."The we'll walk for fifty-one kilometers. But I know we weren't blown that far off course.
Ransom Riggs
... There can be no grounding of love and goodness without power (strength). Love that is not founded on inner strength is easily destroyed by power. Caring that is based only on the wish to be nice and to be comfortable in one's relationships blows away as soon as the wolf is at the door. This is true in people's personal lives, and it is paralleled in organizations.
Roger Harrison
I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed.
Shannon A. Thompson
Rhysand yelled my name again - yelled it as though he cared. I blacked out, but she brought me back, ensuring that I felt everything ensuring that I screamed every time a bone broke.
Sarah J Maas
What you post on Facebook represents you, it can make you look bitter or better, forgiving or frustrated, resentful or rejoicing, choose wisely.
Rob Liano
While "caring about" conveys feelings of concern for one's state of being, "caring for" is active engagement in doing something to positively affect it.
Geneva Gay
People meant to be together will always take detours through pain, misunderstanding and pride, but some how they always drift back to the one thing that makes them feel alive.
Shannon L. Alder
But I do care. I hate myself for it, but I can’t fight this desperate need to try. Try to fit in. Try to make this school experience different than all the previous ones.
Erin Watt
There's nothing more important in this world than caring for a child.
Seth Adam Smith
It was better not to care but sometimes, people got in. Like a knife against armor, they found the cracks, slid past the guard, and you didn’t know how deep they were buried until they were gone and you were bleeding on the floor.
V.E. Schwab
If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all.
Mitch Albom
If this was what caring about someone was like, what the hell was he supposed to do? Because he couldn’t handle it, couldn’t live like this.
Kelly Moran
Only someone who cares could fake not caring so well.
Shaun David Hutchinson
It's hard to say what's in my head. It's been a long time since anyone cared to ask.
Christina Baker Kline
And as you see, poor Idris was...persuaded,shall we say? Yes,persuaded to tell me about Tyre and his own route back to Al-Kal'as from there. Faysal, reveal to her his pain." The Captain of the Guard dragged Idris forward. Faysal then ripped away his shirt, and Aminah gasped. Angry scars laced his bare chest, some of the burns still crusted and weeping. Tears tumbled down Aminah's face, but Idris did not raise his head to see them. "Forgive me" he mumered.
Michael O. Tunnell
The Grocery Checkout Proviso: The more things you care about, the more vulnerable you are. If you are part of that epicurean minority in this country that is still offended by violations of the English language, you will be slapped in the face every time you stand in line at the market. FIFTEEN ITEMS OR LESS. Caring passionately about grammar—caring passionately about anything most of humanity doesn’t care about—is like poking a giant hole in your life and letting the wind blow everything around.
Rachel Kadish
I wouldn't do this if i didn't care, but you mean everything to me, and if this is what you need, then this is what you'll get. But we're damned well going to work on changing this association between caring and spanking.
Cherise Sinclair
there is a fine line between sarcasm and hostility, you seemed to have crossed it. What's up?
Cassandra Clare
It now lately sometimes seemed a black miracle to me that people could actually care deeply about a subject or pursuit, and could go on caring this way for years on end. Could dedicate their entire lives to it. It seemed admirable and at the same time pathetic. We are all dying to give our lives away to something, maybe.
David Foster Wallace
Caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didn’t let go. Caring hurt more than a knife to the leg, more than a few broken ribs, more than anything that bled or broke and healed again. Caring didn’t break you clean. It was a bone that didn’t set, a cut that wouldn’t close.
V.E. Schwab
everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while.
Rick Riordan