Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"A lie told well is still a lie, and will always be discovered."Robertson Davies
"A truth hidden is a truth that will eventually be revealed."Robertson Davies
"A person's words reveal their character."Robertson Davies
"Dark and deep and strangely real."Cormac McCarthy
"In the morning light nothing is hidden."Cormac McCarthy
"Truth is stranger than fiction."Cormac McCarthy
"Truth will outlast all lies."Cormac McCarthy
"Truth is written in stone."Cormac McCarthy
"Acceptance of our own strangeness is the first step toward understanding others."Carson McCullers
"Identity is not fixed but constantly shifting with experience and understanding."Carson McCullers
"The burden of secrets is heavier than any physical weight."Carson McCullers
"The heart knows secrets that the mind refuses to acknowledge."Carson McCullers
"The search for truth often leads us away from comfort."Carson McCullers
"The abuses come into the open; the uses remain a secret."Eudora Welty
"The truth is often stranger than fiction because it has no need to be probable."Eudora Welty
"Truth is often uncomfortable, which is why we surround ourselves with comforting fictions."Joyce Carol Oates
"Regret is often productive if it leads to changed behavior; otherwise it is merely self-punishment."Joyce Carol Oates
"Authenticity is not about being yourself; it is about being honest about the many selves you contain."Joyce Carol Oates
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose."Margaret Atwood
"You cannot deny that you are human."Margaret Atwood
"The truth is a kind of force."Margaret Atwood
"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is conscience."Harper Lee
"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it."Harper Lee
"Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another."Harper Lee
"I've never deliberately hurt a child, but I have, many times, hurt children in the abstract."Harper Lee
"The writer's responsibility is to tell the truth."Harper Lee
"The truth is like a lion; it does not need to be defended, let it loose"Robertson Davies
"The pursuit of truth is humanity's noblest endeavor"Robertson Davies
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."Flannery O'Connor
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd."Flannery O'Connor