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“,the rest of the girls pretended not to notice. That's just what best friends do.”
― Sara Shepard, Pretty Little Liars

“THE LUXE IS . . .
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan in 1899.”
― Anna Godbersen

“What is better: uncomfortable truth or comfortable lies? Every truth is a kindness, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Every untruth is an unkindness, even if it makes others comfortable.
鈥擫iz Gilbert”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“I am relieved. May I now have the truth?”
― Georgette Heyer, These Old Shades

“My correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

“DENIAL OF EMOTIONS
Our culture does not handle emotions well. We like folks to be happy and fine. We learn rituals of acting happy and fine at an early age. I can remember many times telling people "I'm fine" when I felt like the world was caving in on me. I often think of Senator Muskie who cried on the campaign trail when running for president. From that moment on he was history. We don't want a president who has emotions. We would rather have one that can act! Emotions are certainly not acceptable in the workplace. True expression of any emotions that are not "positive" are met with disdain.”
― John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

“The two most common lies in our world are 'I'm fine' and 'You'll be okay'. They are said without harmful intent, and often said in an attempt to placate worries, but still they tell us it is not our place to make another person uncomfortable or to draw too much attention to ourselves. Over and over, we mindlessly repeat variations of the same two phrases as we hide within our lies and attempt to spare others from the miserable truth. I'm fine. I'm okay. You're fine. You'll be okay. Everything will be all right. We become our lies, but only on the surface. Underneath, we are not fine and they will not be okay. We all know this but we're afraid to speak it.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“Whe you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful and polite, you have a hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true, that nothing is sincere. Maintaining nonbelief requires a tremendous effort and the proper training.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire, they can either keep you warm or burn you to death; depending on how they're used.”
― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“Excuses are things like sausages stuffed with reason, in the skin of a lie.”
― Kianu Starr

“She studied my face.
I rubbed my eyes. "I'm fine," I assured her.
That was five months ago. I wasn't fine then and I'm not fine now. (Thwonk)”
― Joan Bauer

“The WORST thing you can do is to slip in 鈥榣ittle鈥� white lies just to save yourself from confrontations & emotional conversations.”
― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More

“But, Bill, old scout, your sister says there's a most corking links near here."
He turned and stared at me, and nearly ran us into the bank.
"You don't mean honestly she said that?"
"She said you said it was better than St. Andrews."
"So I did. Was that all she said I said?"
"Well, wasn't it enough?"
"She didn't happen to mention that I added the words, 'I don't think'?"
"No, she forgot to tell me that."
"It's the worst course in Great Britain.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

“...everyone had secrets, even if it's just a secret fear of caterpillars or a tiny white lie they told to a neighbour.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“DEONTOLOGY AND CONCEQUENTIALISM, A NOVEL APPROACH: Consequentialism and Deontology (Deontological Ethics) are two contrasting categories of Normative Ethics, the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental principles that determine the morality of human actions (or non-actions). Their supposed difference is that while Consequentialism determines if an action is morally right or wrong by examining its consequences, Deontology focuses on the action itself, regardless of its consequences.
To the hypothetical question 鈥淪hould I do this man a little injustice, if by this I could save the whole humanity from torture and demise?鈥�, the philosopher Immanuel Kant, a pure deontologist (absolutist) answers: 鈥淔iat justitia, pereat mundus鈥� (Do justice even if the whole world would perish).
Superficially, it seems that a decent deontologist don鈥檛 care about consequences whatsoever. His/her one and only duty is to invariably obey to pre-existing, universal moral rules without exceptions: 鈥渄o not kill鈥�, 鈥渄o not lie鈥�, 鈥渄o not use another human as a means to an end鈥�, and so on.
At this point I would like to present my thesis on this subject. The central idea here is that deontological ethics only appears to be indifferent to the consequences of an action. In fact, it is only these very consequences that determine what our moral rules and ethical duties should be. For example, the moral law 鈥渄o not kill鈥�, has its origin to the dire consequences that the killing of another human being brings about; for the victim (death), the perpetrator (often imprisonment or death) and for the whole humanity (collapse of society and civilization).
Let us discuss the well-worn thought experiment of the mad axeman asking a mother where their young children are, so he can kill them. We suppose that the mother knows with 100% certainty that she can mislead him by lying and she can save her children from certain death (once again: supposing that she surely knows that she can save her children ONLY by lying, not by telling the truth or by avoiding to answer). In this thought experiment the hard deontologist would insist that it is immoral to lie, even if that would lead to horrible consequences. But, I assert that this deontological inflexibility is not only inhuman and unethical, it is also outrightly hypocritical. Because if the mother knows that their children are going to be killed if she tells the truth (or does not answer) and they are going to be saved if she tells a harmless lie, then by telling the truth she disobeys the moral law 鈥渄o not kill/do not cause the death of an innocent鈥�, which is much worse than the moral rule 鈥渄o not lie鈥�. The fact that she does not kill her children with her own hands is completely irrelevant. She could have saved them without harming another human, yet she chose not to. So the absolutist deontologist chooses actively to disobey a much more important moral law, only because she is not the immediate cause, but a cause via a medium (the crazy axeman in this particular thought experiment).
So here are the two important conclusions: Firstly, Deontology in normative ethics is in reality a 鈥渕asked consequentialism鈥�, because the origin of a moral law is to be found in its consequences e.g. stealing is generally morally wrong, because by stealing, someone is deprived of his property that may be crucial for his survival or prosperity. Thus, the Deontology鈥揅onsequentialism dichotomy is a false one.
And secondly, the fact that we are not the immediate 鈥渧essel鈥� by which a moral rule is broken, but we nevertheless create or sustain a 鈥渃hain of events鈥� that will almost certainly lead to the breaking of a moral law, does surely not absolve us and does not give us the right to choose the worst outcome. Mister Immanuel Kant would avoid doing an innocent man an injustice, yet he would choose to lead billions of innocent people to agonizing death.”
― Giannis Delimitsos, NOVEL PHILOSOPHY: New ideas about Ethics, Epistemology, Science and the sweet Life

“I lied to you because I thought it鈥檇 be easier for you, but I was really just trying to make it easier for me.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“If it鈥檚 God you鈥檙e worried about, the Lord Jesus said that we needn鈥檛 keep to the old ways anymore. They had their day years ago.”
― Diane Samuels, Kindertransport: A Drama

“I know where I'm going, but I know I might not be able to get there. But it really does not matter, cause I really do not have to go anywhere.”
― Phillip Lo, White Lies

“White lies matter.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness

“The simplest falsehoods are the strongest.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“Small untruths between lovers are not necessarily lies; sometimes they can be considered a form of kindness.”
― Seanan McGuire, The Unkindest Tide

“Your Word Is Valued More By Others Than Exceeded Promises”
― Ludovic Tendron, The Master Key: Unlock Your Influence and Succeed in Negotiation

“One of the first things a father must learn once his child is old enough to speak is exactly how to lie to it, both with bromides and more vulpine techniques.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Not all tricks are bad.”
― A.D. Aliwat

“White lies don鈥檛 hurt the ones you love.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“To safest haven
Through heartfelt lies,
To brighten hopes,
And bless our skies.”
― Hannah Kaner, Faithbreaker