John Hart: Quotes about the truth

John Hart is American author with multiple books and awards. Explore interesting quotes on truth.

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“I used to look at homeless peopleand try to imagine what they had once looked like. It's not easy. Beneath the grime and degradation is a face once adored by someone. It's a truth that tricks the eye; our glances slide away. But something happened to ruin that life, to strip it bare; and it was something small, something that but for the grace of God could take us, too.”

Source: The King of Lies (2006), Ch. 2.

“Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.”

Source: The King of Lies (2006), Ch. 8.

“I thought of the brutal truths so often borne on predawn light. I'd had a few in my time, and they'd all led to this. I was a stranger to myself. I'd gone to law school for my father, married for my father; and for that same man, and for the vile woman who shared my bed, I'd surrendered my dreams of family — my very soul. Now he was dead and all I had was this truth: My life was not my own. It belonged to an empty shell that wore my face, Yet I refused to pity myself.”

Source: The King of Lies (2006), Ch. 10.