7 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Lies

Orson Scott Card quotes on lies

34. It was a lie of course, that it wouldn't hurt a bit. But since adults always said that when it was going to hurt, he could count on that statement as an accurate prediction of the future. Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

512. And it came into hooch's mind that when both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerfully close to being the same thing as telling the truth.

728. What kind of animal are you? Can't you make up a lie and believe it?

747. I am filled with all the truth that was discarded by men when they chose their lies and died for them. I am in constant pain, and now that I have met a man who does not add to my treasury of falsehood, you are the cruelest of them all.

831. She needed his gentle hands and quiet tears, his lies and his affection. And so she pretended to believe that he really did need her

1076. And it came into Hooch's mind that when both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth. -Red Prophet

1077. Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth. -Ender's Game