“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the truth may be — that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.”

“I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.”

“Existence is this, I thought, a start of joy, a stab of pain, an intense pleasure, veins that pulse under the skin, there is no other truth to tell.”

“All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.”

“1814. Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”

“Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.”

“I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.”

“WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH.”

“People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they’re afraid.”

“Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth.”