truth

"You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you."

"Politeness is deception in pretty packaging."

"And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express"

"Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring."

"Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth."

"Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"Don't let the fear of losing them keep you from loving them."

"There’s truth in only having a bicycle seat. I used to skip class and just hold it out in the hallway. When teachers would ask me what I was doing, I’d hold it up and say, “Sorry I’m late."

"Unreturned love is like trying to make a sandwich with one slice of bread. Don’t stress—fold it in half and love yourself."

"...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong."

"Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear."

"Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it."

"Faith is believing in something you know isn't true."

"I didn't want the sun to rise. I didn't want the world to continue turning. I wanted the whole planet put into stasis until I could catch up."

"Only the hand that erases can write the true thing."

"I'm guilty of giving people more chances than they deserve but when I'm done, I'm done."

"It's only words... unless they're true."

"The words kept coming back to him, statement of a mystical truth and a palpable absurdity."

"Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful."