Comforting Lies Quotes

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies

They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it.

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.

Kids delight in 'magical thinking', whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting lies or eternal verities, they are part of how we help kids make sense of the world.

I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else do humans invent the traps which betray us into mediocrity? How else do we define cowardice?

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!