The worst kinds of lies are the lies we tell ourselves just before we go to sleep. The lies that say 'I'm happy', or 'He's happy', or 'This will all be over', or 'I can change', or 'He'll change his mind', or ‘I don't need her', or 'I don't need him.' Desperate Housewives Season 1 Episode 15 Mary Alice Young lie life quotes
The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them. Marilyn Monroe idol labels
Why waste your final hours racing about your cage denying you're a squirrel? Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 freedom
"You can’t run away” is an ideal for the strong. You’re not always wrong. Society, the world, the people around you – often someone else is in the wrong. To think that you can change is adapting to this cruel, indifferent, trashy world. It’s admitting defeat and servility. You’re simply deceiving yourself by dressing it up with pretty words. OreGairu Season 1 Episode 8 Hachiman Hikigaya world mistakes human, people life quotes
Life is unpredictable...and control is just an illusion. And sometimes all that unpredictability is overwhelming. And it makes us feel small and powerless. 13 Reasons Why Season 1 Episode 12 Hannah Baker life control illusions
It's so pathetic that he's deluded... so he thinks he can reach all the answers if he just questions them. Izo loneliness
The same as any good pyramid scheme, you always have to be enrolling people at the bottom. The same as Social Security, it's a mass of good people all paying for somebody else. Nickel-and-diming these Good Samaritans is just my own personal social safety net. Chuck Palahniuk Choke Victor Mancini lie
When you want to do a thing badly enough you lie to yourself. You say the other people are all wrong. Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles
As far as I could see, people were always conning each other to get what they wanted. We even con ourselves. We talk ourselves into things, you know. We sell ourselves things we maybe don't even need or want, you know, by dressing them up. We leave out the risk, we leave out the ugly truth. Pay attention to that 'cause we're all conning ourselves in one way or another, just to get through life. American Hustle Irving Rosenfeld human, people Meaningful Quotes
Nobody doubts did not put that I was waiting quietly at the end of pain. No matter how hard you try, faith will not play the placebo effect. Stevie Insane Lifetime faith pain Sad Quotes
How'd I fall so far, now no one can find me There's nothing behind me, to take me back to start Can someone remind me, of who that I used to be? I can't seem to wake up from this dream I can't catch my breath enough to scream Be careful what you wish for 'Cause your wishes may not be what they seem Hoobastank The Fallen fall desires Sad Quotes
And if you fool yourself - You will make him happy. He'll keep you in a jar - And you'll think you're happy. He'll give you breather holes - And you will seem happy. You'll wallow in your shit, And you'll think you're happy... Nirvana Sappy overconfidence love illusions
„You can’t magically change your. You can’t magically change your sex. You can’t magically change your age.“ Ben Shapiro changes informative quotes