Anne Perry Quotes

One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

I don't like to tell lies.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

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

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

I never really tell lies, and sometimes it has worked against me.

I'm not a fan of people making up lies, and I do feel I owe it to people to know what the truth is.

I don't tell lies. I don't need to.

I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.

Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies.

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

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.