James Clavell Quotes

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Love is the part of us that is real.

A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

Most people love you for who you pretend to be.

Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.

I've been living a lie all my life.

Any real person has a front and a real part to themselves.

I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.

I was living a life of a lie, I really was.

We cannot see but a small depth into the heart of man, and can only discover the work of his tongue.

There has always been a softer side to Sushmita Sen. You might never see it, but there is one. And you will never see the 'real' Sushmita on screen.

There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately, what I'm most interested in as a writer is a few notches below the private self.

Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.

We have the real self and the false self, there's nothing wrong with them, and everyone has both of them.

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another; outside false, inside true.

Will you miss him Holly?” he asked suddenly. [...] “No,” she said. “I will not miss him.” But her eyes told the real story.

You look at me and see the girl,who lives inside the golden world,but don't believe, that's all there is to see,you'll never know the real me.

He was looking at her from behind the smiling that wasn't smiling but was something you were not supposed to see beyond.

The real us is pure love, pure light

Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides.

People can't see what's in your heart - they can only see what you do.

his lips drink water but his heart drinks wine

I wish they would see the real person in me. One day, they will know I'm not here for the show. My mind do shine. My heart is so kind. But that they can not see because all they see is the outside of me. Who I am, what I do is only the reaction I get from you.