"See you tomorrow,â€ he said, instead. â€œAll right.â€ Then, impulsively, I asked, â€œDo you have a place to sleep tonight?â€ â€œSure,â€ he said with a smile, and started off as if he had somewhere to be. I could have bitten off my tongue because I pushed him into a lie. Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth. I donâ€™t know why it works that way, but it doesâ€”at least in my experience."

-- Patricia Briggs

#Lying Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Nature is favourable to our effort when human awareness is being established more and more in pure consciousness.”
“I cannot go any further without mentioning my favourite biscuit of all time, now sadly, tragically, extinct. The oaty, crumbly, demerara notes of the long-forgotten Abbey Crunch will remain forever on my lips. I loved the biscuit as much as anything I have ever eaten, and often, in moments of solitude, I still think about its warm, buttery, sugary self.”
“A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.”

Source : "Parallel Stories by Peter Nádas - review" by Tibor Fischer, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2011.
“From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.”

Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.74, VM eBooks
“To mistrust science and deny the validity of the scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.”
“I am clever enough to know that I am clever.”
“When I was young, my father told me I was living in a dream world. At the time, he was trying to straighten me up to fly right. Now I treasure the part of my life that is a dream world - the love of my children, my music - these loves can put you in a dreamy place. I embrace it.”
“He who gains time gains everything.”

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