Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

40912 quotes

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"Alas! he does not know the fatal secret that operation was the immediate cause of my being."
The Creature
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"I am now going to reveal the secret upon which every thing the relation of which is to depend; and the success of my undertaking depends upon your absolute incredulity."
Victor Frankenstein
M
"I have something to tell you"
Mina Murray
M
"There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies"
Marlow
M
"I am bound to acknowledge what I have seen"
Marlow
Y
"The only thing wrong with everything is that it's everything."
Yossarian
M
"Everything here is a lie"
Marlow
R
"Most of us are crazy."
Ralph
V
"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."
Van Helsing
V
"Evil walks among us, cloaked in beauty."
Van Helsing
V
"Believe nothing until you have yourself seen the proof."
Victor Frankenstein
M
"Do you see him? Do you see the same thing I saw?"
Marlow
M
"There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies"
Marlow
M
"What does the name matter if I tell you the truth about the thing?"
Marlow
M
"The inner truth is hidden—luckily"
Marlow
M
"He was hollow at the core"
Marlow
B
"That is a crazy thing to say, but it is true."
Billy Pilgrim
V
"How can I help being cynic when I see the world as it is"
Victor Frankenstein
Y
"Bologna comes from Bologna. It's baloney!"
Yossarian
K
"The horror! The horror!"
Kurtz
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"I was within a hair's breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement."
Marlow
M
"I am not disclosing any trade secrets."
Marlow
M
"I had turned to the wilderness really, not to Mr. Kurtz."
Marlow
M
"The essentials of this affair lay deep under the surface."
Marlow
M
"Kurtz was hollow at the core."
Marlow
M
"The shade of Kurtz is doomed to be misunderstood."
Marlow
M
"There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies."
Marlow
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"We women are not always as we seem."
Lucy Westenra
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"Truth will always prevail over deception."
Van Helsing
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"Why should I be ashamed of something that wasn't my fault?"
Yossarian