“No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.”

“And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.”

William Faulkner book Light in August

“I don't mind being called a liar. I am. I am a marvelous liar. But I hate being called a liar when I´m telling the perfect truth.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

“He could tell by the quality of her silence that she did not believe him, but if there was an advantage to being emperor, it was that she could not call him a liar to his face.”

Sarah Monette book The Goblin Emperor

“Unethical conduct is actually the conduct of destruction and fear; lies are told because one is afraid of the consequences should one tell the truth; thus, the liar is inevitably a coward, the coward is inevitably a liar.”

L. Ron Hubbard book Science of Survival

“Even when she walks one would believe that she dances.”

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet

“One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar.”

Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist

“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist

“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.”

J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972) American law enforcement officer and first director of the FBI