Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth.

You get so used to lying that after a while it’s hard to remember what the truth is.

I can tell very quickly when people are lying.

I can't help it if I stretch the truth, not if that's the way it happened.

Women always find you out when you lie. Always. No matter what, they always find out. They're like detectives.

Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true.

Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.

A liar should have a good memory.

Liars need to have good memories.

If you're lying, you're lying.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

People for the most part can smell lies.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

I'm terribly bad at lying in real life. I flush, look away, do the scratching of the nose, or whatever.

Many people would rather have fine words and false hopes than the truth which is unacceptable.

People tend to say a lot of things that are not true.