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There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him; you show your admiration by confessing the truth. That directness doesn't work with humans,

There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him; you show your admiration by confessing the truth. That directness doesn't work with humans, who are masters of subterfuge. Does this dress make me look fat? Do you really love me? Did you miss me? When a person asks this, she doesn't want to know the real answer. She wants you to lie to her. After two years of living with wolves, I had forgotten how many lies it takes to build a relationship.

Jodi Picoult

Honesty, Real, Lying

Just so you know, when they say "once upon a time"....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice upon a time. It's hundreds of times, over and over, every time someone opens up the pages of this dusty old book.

Jodi Picoult

Lying, Book, Once Upon A Time

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you bring them together, you can start a fire that consumes the world.

Jodi Picoult

Lying, Fire, Rocks

Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.434, Simon and Schuster

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to.

Jodi Picoult

Lying, Secret, Needs

Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.507, Simon and Schuster

But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the first time in her life, Katie had put herself first. Put her own wants and needs above everything and everyone else.

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Lying, Decision, Making Love

Jodi Picoult (2007). “Plain Truth”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

I imagine how cool it would be if all small talk wasn't lies.

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Lying, Would Be, Imagine

Just because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.

Jodi Picoult

Lying, Silence, Way

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

Only the liar knows he's lying

Jodi Picoult

Liars, Lying, Knows

This isn't a lie, actually. I don't care why Edward left. All I really want to know is why I wasn't enough to make him stay.

Jodi Picoult

Lying, Care, Want

Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese, a language he'd never studied. Maybe it would be like this, now, for Josie. Maybe her native tongue, from here on in, would be a string of lies.

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Lying, Men, Class

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.147, Simon and Schuster