“But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.”

“Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

“To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you can't let that stop you. If you get hurt, you just pick yourself up, dust off your feelings, and try again.”

Kristin Hannah (1960) American writer

“I am the girl you know, can't look you in the eye
I am the girl you know so sick I cannot try
I am the one you want, can't look you in the eye
I am the girl you know, I lie and lie and lie”

Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist

“I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.”

Susanna Kaysen (1948) American writer

“Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.”

Janette Rallison (1966) American writer

“You can't lie to your soul.”

Irvine Welsh book Porno

“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”

Rodman Philbrick book Freak the Mighty

“To Stay Focused in Life:

You can't know everyone
You can't do everything
You can't go everywhere

We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

“If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.”

Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author