Richard Paul Evans Quotes

The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.' 'Do I look like a liar?' 'You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.

Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.

When you don't trust people all of the sudden you stop trusting anything.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

Don't believe me, don't believe yourself, and don't believe anyone else.

Maybe—just maybe—Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.)

There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.

I still harbor lingering doubts about most people. I guess I always will.

Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.

I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.

Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear.

Suspicion follows close on mistrust.

These days I don't know who really likes me. I always assume most people are bullshitting me.

There is hinkiness afoot with regard to my, ah, disposition.

I'm sure. But it doesn't work with me. for one thing, you won't look me in the eye. As for the other...I don't know. I can just tell.

The losing side is full of suspicion.

You realize, of course, that everything I say is horseshit.

Once suspicion is aroused, every thing feeds it.

I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.

Paranoia plays into all of us. Trust is a terrifying idea of not knowing who we can rely on.

I trust no one, not even myself.

People never believe you.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.