Lucille Clifton Quotes

For the truth there is no deadline.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

People are always afraid of the truth.

Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it

Facing the truth about the past is not always a pleasant adventure

I often wonder which is best, to be honest about what you know in this world, or to continue to deny you know it and thereby fool yourself into believing that it does not exist!

You cannot hide yourself from any situation.

We can't hide from the truth.

I'm going to shock you with the truth. I'm just going to give it to you raw, and however you take it, I'm just going to watch your reaction.

Truth was the only daughter of Time.

A truth comes out when it must; A dream comes true when it will. Though the world turn to ash and dust A secret’s a secret still.

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.

The truth, it seems, is not just what you find when you open a door: it is itself a door, which the poet is always on the verge of going through.

The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.

...aware, as always, that the truth isn't much of substitute for a good answer.

The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.'

If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.

If people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.