SECRETS, LIES AND CONFESSIONS SENTENCE QUOTES. a collection of sentences and quotes found on goodreads with the key words of: secrets, lies and confessions. you can change pronouns, locations, name and anything else you see fit.
āThree may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.ā
āIf you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.ā
āYour visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.ā
āI want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.ā
āI'd learned that some things are best kept secret.ā
āThe more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.ā
āI thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.ā
āA good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.ā
āLies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.ā
āMan is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.ā
āA picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.ā
āNever hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.ā
āWord spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.ā
āWith a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.ā
āA secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.ā
āSometimes, the biggest secrets you can only tell a stranger.ā
āThe best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.ā
āI never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.ā
āWhen I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.ā
āI've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.ā
āI feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.ā
āDon't trust people who tell you other people's secrets.ā
āEverybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.ā
āPeople are secretive when they have secrets.ā
āIf I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.ā
āYou cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.ā
āEverybody has scars, and every scar has a story. Especially the ones you donāt see. Those go deeper. And cause more damage.ā
āSometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, itās not your secret to tell.ā
āIt was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.ā
āDon't you ever want to have just one thing that no one else knows about, so no one can ruin it for you?ā
āI choose to love you in silence, for in silence I find no rejection.
I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me.
I choose to hold you in my dreams, for in my dreams you have no end.ā
āAll the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.ā
āThis is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.ā
āLies don't end relationships the truth does.ā
āBooks let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own."
āThe Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.ā
āWhat you didn't tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did.ā
āI prefer death to dishonor for me and my child.ā
āElizabeth felt as if every cell in her body was aflame with desire.ā
āAye. Iām afraid for my immortal soul now.ā
āBut some secrets are too delicious not to share.ā
āI know a secret,and secrets breed paranoia.ā
āSome secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.ā
āThe story of my family. . .changes with the teller.ā
āTo fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.ā
"That's why I haven't said it. It's not the right word for you and what I feel for you."
"Shut up. If you care about me at all, you'll just shut up and go away."
"I've been loved before--by Corinne, by other women...But what the hell do they know about me? What the hell are they in love with when they don't know how fucked up I am? If that's love, it's nothing compared to what I feel for you.ā
āEveryone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.ā
āYou're the most annoying girl on the planet. You make me want to throw myself off a bridge. And, unfortunately, I am one hundred percent, head-over-heels, crazy in love with you.ā
āThey always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.ā
āItās inevitable. But we pretend it isnāt until that point where we canāt deny it anymore. Then we begin to repent.ā
āNo! We repent for the opportunities that we missed. The doors we should have walked through.ā
āWe make the choice . . . and then the choice makes usā
āI thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.ā
āafter the words were out, I felt... lighter.ā
"Confession: if you gave me the chance, I'd love you until forever."
āLate have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!ā
āIf no one is perfect in this world, then it would be foolish of you to confess your sins to anyone. Unless you feel they must be perfect in the first place!ā
āIt's an easy thing to confess one's faults. But what dusk is deep enough to hide one's virtues?ā
āWhen I pulled you on top of me and, you know, gazed dreamily into your eyes and said I liked you, I did not mean as friends. Obviously.ā
āLoving you is like breathing. Itās impossible for me to stop.ā
āFor the same reason I canāt cast a spell to make your eyes green. You canāt create what already is. I was in love with you before that.ā
āThe one sincere confession is the one we make indirectly - when we talk about other people.ā
āMemories remains about you always within my heart.ā
āYour beauty. is impossible to define. Maybe divine?ā
"I enjoy a good blurting out of secrets as much as the next person.ā
āWhen you fight evil with evil, the outcome is certain: evil will winā
āI tried to unlove you, i failedā
āI must confess that... the most wasted of all days is the day that does not bring you.ā
āWithout confession, there is no cleansing.ā
āi just want to be honest about my feelings without destroying everything.ā
āSometimes you feel alone because, like you, others aren't so ready to confess their shortcomings and struggles.ā
āIām a fixer, Allie. Taking care of others is what I do. I donāt know how to turn it off.ā
āI want to hear you say those words again. If you do, I won't hold my feelings anymore. I might hug you or kiss you.ā
āYes, Iāve killed! Iāve killed as indiscriminately as God! And yes, I will kill again. I must.ā
āSelf-destruction is inevitable because existence is a full-time job.ā
āWords are confessions of your actions. Choose them wisely.ā
āIf you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.ā
āI'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.ā
āThe reason I talk to myself is because Iām the only one whose answers I accept.ā
āI lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.ā
āIt is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.ā
āThere are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.ā
āA truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent.ā
āIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.ā
āIf you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.ā
āIf you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.ā
āLies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.ā
āIt is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.ā
āMan is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.ā
āLies require commitment.ā
āThings come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.ā
āHistory is a set of lies agreed upon.ā
āThe best lies about me are the ones I told.ā
āOh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.ā
āOh, don't cry, I'm so sorry I cheated so much, but that's the way things are.ā
āNothing is ever certain.ā
āAsk me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.ā
āAnyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.ā
āA thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.ā
āBetter to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.ā
āI have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.ā
āThe visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.ā
āWe're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.ā
āLying is done with words, and also with silence.ā
āThere are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.ā
āThe only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.ā
āAlways sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.ā
āI guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.ā
āThe cruelest lies are often told in silence.ā
āThe truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.ā
āWhen no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.ā
āA half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.ā