I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish. (William Shakespeare, "King Lear") >> More William Shakespeare Quotations...
All a person can do in this life is gather about him his integrity, his imagination, and his individuality - and with these ever with him, out front and in sharp focus, leap into the dance of experience. (Tom Robbins, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues") >> More Tom Robbins Quotations...
If you're honest, you sooner or later have to confront your values. Then you're forced to separate what is right from what is merely legal. This puts you metaphysically on the run. America is full of metaphysical outlaws. (Tom Robbins, "Still Life with Woodpecker") >> More Tom Robbins Quotations...
The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest? (Veronica Roth, "Divergent") >> More Veronica Roth Quotations...
Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn't do things because I didn't want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasn't being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't really even know me? (Stephen Chbosky, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower") >> More Stephen Chbosky Quotations...
It was Silver's voice, and before I had heard a dozen words, I would not have shown myself for all the world. I lay there, trembling and listening, in the extreme of fear and curiostiy, for, in those dozen words, I understood that the lives of all the honest men aboard depended on me alone. (Robert Louis Stevenson, "Treasure Island") >> More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotations...
Yes, it sucked getting dumped. But wasn't it better to just be brutally honest? To admit that your feeling for someone is never going to be powerful enough to justify taking up any more of their time? I was doing him a favor, really. Freeing him up for a better opportunity. In fact, I was a practically a saint, if you really thought about it. Exactly. (Sarah Dessen, "This Lullaby") >> More Sarah Dessen Quotations...