Juliet Marillier Quotes

I'm lying. I don't just need someone like you. I need you.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.

Sometimes, it's hard holding back the truth, how you really feel, and sometimes the best way is let it out and move forward.

I trust you because I need you.

Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the truth I mean this im okay Trust me... Im not okay ...Well okay im not okay. Im not o-f cking-kay

It's such a liability to love another person.

I was 45 when I wrote most of this book [Hungry Heart ], at what felt like a halfway point in my life, and I thought, If I can't be honest now, when will it happen? It was so hard to step away from the [protection of] fiction, but I'm ready to talk start telling their truth.

You said i could call you when i wanted but that you wouldn’t call me. you have to decide where and when, you said. if you leave it up to me i’ll want to see you every day. At least you were honest, which is more than i can say for me.

I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth.

The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat is an illusion that can only be maintained by the unspoken agreement not to feel and in the long run it never really works. Let go of saving the boat and save the passengers instead.

About me, nothing worse they will tell you, my love, than what I told you

Only a handful of people are honest when they sing. A lot of people sing about very vague things, or they'll sing about someone breaking up with them, but a lot of people don't go too deep into their past and stuff, because they don't want it to be let out. I just do it anyway.

What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only we can take the risk to speak it.

Do you love the truth more than you need to be loved, or do you need to be loved more than you love the truth?

Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am?" What do you mean?" I mean would you still care for me, no matter what you came to know?" What a thing to ponder. I don't know what to say." The answer is no. He does not need to say it. With a sigh, Simon digs at the fire with the iron poker. Bits of the charred log fall away, revealing the angry insides. they flare orange for a moment, then quiet down again. After three tries, he gives up. I'm afraid this fire's had it." I can see a few embers remaining. "No, I think not. If..." He sighs, and it says everything.

The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

The risk of insult is the price of clarity.

There is nothing that is going to make people hate you more, and love you more, than telling the truth.

Get naked with your truth, offering the world your greatest gift: your authentic self.

Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.

I personally feel the most vulnerable when I write. That's where I learned to tell the truth when I was young.

Honesty is a virtue, but not the only one. If you're in a courtroom you need the whole truth and nothing but the truth; in the living room, sometimes you need anything but. Often.

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.