“I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”
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American singer and actor 1935–1977Related quotes
“I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.”
Source: Shadowfever
“I'd much rather hear you say, "I've come awake," than hear you say, "I'm sorry."”
"A Changed Person", p. 96
Awareness (1992)
Context: It's only when you become love — in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments — that you will "know." As you identify less and less with the "me," you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you know why? Because you are no longer afraid of being hurt or not liked. You no longer desire to impress anyone. Can you imagine the relief when you don't have to impress anybody anymore? Oh, what a relief. Happiness at last! You no longer feel the need or the compulsion to explain things anymore. It's all right. What is there to be explained? And you don't feel the need or compulsion to apologize anymore. I'd much rather hear you say, "I've come awake," than hear you say, "I'm sorry." I'd much rather hear you say to me, "I've come awake since we last met; what I did to you won't happen again," than to hear you say, "I'm so sorry for what I did to you."
#250, "Ph. D. & Sympathy" (1996), collected in Hot, Throbbing DTWOF (1997).
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“Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.”
Sí, me apartaré. Prefiero lamentarme de tu ausencia que de ti.
Voces (1943)