I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to create them. And so I just wanted to be a writer from a very young age. And I think that the lies were just a natural side effect of me wanting to tell stories and write them down.
Truth exists; only lies are invented.
All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.
My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.
Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.
In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.
That mystic clasp of love lies not on the threshold but at the end of spiritual life, and can be reached for the most part only after much spiritual exercising, many denials, self-denials, watchings, and, it may be, the Cross of pain and disillusionment.
Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.
The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe.
A lot of the strength of an RPG world lies in its foundation: its systems, lore, and when appropriate, its magic systems. While there are elements tied to 'Project: Eternity' that at first glance seem to be classic fantasy, that's intentional - we do want to recreate some elements of a High Fantasy experience.
They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
Deadwood lies at the northern tip of the Black Hills, where the land is ancient and rubbed smooth by time. The Black Hills are more rugged at their southern extremity, where bare granite forms pinnacles and spires.
Satan would have you believe that happiness comes only as you surrender to his enticements, but one only needs to look at the shattered lives of those who violate God's laws to know why Satan is called the Father of Lies.
You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.
While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in wait, and that the more intelligent an historian is, the more tentative and self-scrutinizing the tone.
I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies.
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
If a person lies to you about what's in their bank account, they'll lie to you about other things as well.
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.
Rekindle the joy yachtsman that lies deep inside of you; share magic crystals and watch it grow!
The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.
Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.
The land of Beulah lies beyond the valley of the shadow of death. Many Christians spend all their days in a continual bustle, doing good. They are too busy to find either the valley or Beulah. Virtues they have, but are full of the life and attractions of nature, and unacquainted with the paths of mortification and death.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Poetry lies its way to the truth.
Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.
As each year and debate passes, more broadband companies will start to see that their future lies not in restricting an open Internet but in betting on it.
Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
Magoo's appeal lies in our hostility toward an older generation. But he's not only nearsighted physically. His mind is selective of what it sees, too. That is where the humor, the satire lies, in the difference between what he thinks he sees and reality as we see it.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
