Truth

"If a man has so much heat he burns your skin when he touches you, he's the devil. Run away"

"So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains."

"It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do."

"There were a hundred shades between a truth and lie, and she knew them all."

"I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything."

"All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall."

"You know the games I play And the words I say When I want my own way You know the lies I tell When you've gone through hell And I say I can't stay You know how hard it can be To keep believing in me When everything and everyone Becomes my enemy and when There's nothing more you can do I'm gonna blame it on you It's not the way I want to be I only hope that in the end you will see It's the Opheliac in me"

"It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face."

"People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are."

"Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.”“Then you’ve made the only choice. But there’s a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It’s loneliness."

"Belief means not wanting to know what is true."

"What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from?"

"The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image."

"Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to."

"We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds. For one breath everything feels better. Then it melts. The bus drivers rev their engines and the ice cloud shatters. Everyone shuffles forward. They don't know what just happened. They can't remember."

"Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law."

"News flash, Bozo. Don't ever tell a girl to relax. It only makes us madder."

"Truth is the only safe ground to stand on."

"Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long since gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too."

"The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets."