Terry Pratchett Quotes

Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.

I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct. You just say what you have to say, and if they don't like it, it's OK.

Liars sometimes tell the truth; they don’t tell lies all the time.

Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatsoever. But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth.

Have you weaned yourself of your off-putting proclivity for not telling the truth/

… he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

I don't know if anyone should do anything that's not authentic to them.

I lied all my life.

I am who I am. At the end of the day, you've got to be who you are.

I want to be unique and original and truthful.

I don't want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie.

You can create many lies from Truth, but you cannot create any truths from lies.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

The truth is how you say it, and to be 'one's self' is the most shocking custom of all.

Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the self he thinks he *should* be.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

One is what one is, and the dishonesty of hiding behind a degree, or a title, or any manner and collection of words, is still exactly that: dishonest.

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

But an Adrian also knew that an Adrian's lies were real: they were lived and felt and acted out as thoroughly as another man's truths - if other men had truths - and he believed it possible that this last lie might see him through to the grave.

We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.

For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.