Truth Quotes

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

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"I'm not a rat, I'm a person."
Paul Varjak
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"You must be willing to be honest with yourself."
Paul Varjak
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"The truth may hurt, but lies hurt worse."
Paul Varjak
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"I've learned that honesty is the best policy."
Paul Varjak
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"Her madness was more honest than their sanity."
Max von Mayerling
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"One does not survive this world unscathed."
Max von Mayerling
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"I've never been wrong about anything in my entire life."
Lina Lamont
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"Truth is whatever I decide it to be."
Lina Lamont
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"The truth is whatever benefits my image."
Lina Lamont
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"I'm not a phony. I'm just trying to find a real place in this world."
Holly Golightly
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"I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm just being honest."
Holly Golightly
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"I'm always honest. Sometimes people just don't understand what I'm saying."
Holly Golightly
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"The truth has a way of coming out, no matter how hard you try to hide it."
Joe Bradley
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"The truth might hurt, but a lie hurts worse in the end."
Joe Bradley
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"Sometimes the story isn't in the headline; it's in the details."
Joe Bradley
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"The truth will set you free, even if it hurts first."
Joe Bradley
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"You can't just run away from your past."
Paul Varjak
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"The truth will set you free, eventually."
Paul Varjak
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"I've learned that truth is more important than comfort."
Paul Varjak
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"One's position in life does not determine one's capacity for genuine emotion."
Princess Anne
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"One cannot run from oneself, no matter how far one travels."
Princess Anne
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"A single conversation can illuminate truths one has spent years avoiding."
Princess Anne
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"A moment of truth is worth more than a lifetime of comfortable illusions."
Princess Anne
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"The most profound truths are often the simplest: we all wish to be known and loved."
Princess Anne
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"The heart's truth cannot be denied, only postponed, and postponement is its own kind of pain."
Princess Anne
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"You don't know the first thing about pictures. You're not even a failed writer - you're a writer who was never meant to write."
Joe Gillis
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"I'm not a gigolo. I'm a writer down on his luck."
Joe Gillis
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"Hollywood is full of beautiful lies and ugly truths."
Joe Gillis
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"I'm not a bad man. I'm just a man in bad circumstances who made bad choices."
Joe Gillis
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"The truth is, I was never good enough. Not for her, not for the pictures, not for myself."
Joe Gillis