#lies

"To those who abuse: the sin is yours, the crime is yours, and the shame is yours. To those who protect the perpetrators: blaming the victims only masks the evil within, making you as guilty as those who abuse. Stand up for the innocent or go down with the rest."

"Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used."

"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."

"Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth."

"The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies."

"I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none."

"Art lies by its own artifice."

"It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands."