Khaled Hosseini Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Life, Lying, Sin

• But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Inspirational, Life, Hurt

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.31, A&C Black

• When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Children, Husband, Father

  Khaled Hosseini (2011). “The Kite Runner: Rejacketed”, p.92, A&C Black

• Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Lying, Writing, Fiction

• I've read that if an avalanche buries you and you're lying there underneath all that snow, you can't tell which way is up or down. You want to dig yourself out but pick the wrong way, and you dig yourself to your own demise.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Lying, Snow, Demise

  Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.214, A&C Black

• A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one woke up and in the silence that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Lying, Silence, Wake Up

  Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.73, Penguin

• He had the blue kite in his hands; that was the first thing I saw. And I can't lie now and say my eyes didn't scan it for any rips.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Rip, Lying, Eye

  Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.67, Penguin

• Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Hurt, Lying, Telling The Truth

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