"By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying."
- Dorothy Parker
"I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love."
- Anne Rice
"At first I did not love you, Jude; that I own. When I first knew you I merely wanted you to love me. I did not exactly flirt with you; but that inborn craving which undermines some women's morals almo..."
- Thomas Hardy
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera...."
- J.D. Salinger
"...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons.- Mr. Penderwick"
- Jeanne Birdsall
"The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else."
- J.K. Rowling
"The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept."
- George Carlin
"Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything."
- Chuck Klosterman
"No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth."
- Sara Shepard
"Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.."
- Gabriel García Márquez