“I shouldn't have to be a liar to make someone love me. I shouldn't be so afraid of losing someone that I'll do anything to make them stay.”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“A person who engages in pathological lying may accuse their partner of fibbing; a needy spouse may call their husband ‘clingy’ in an attempt to depict them as the one who is dependent; a rude employee may call their boss ineffective in an effort to escape the truth about their own productivity.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you’ve consistently caught your partner in lies, particularly damaging lies, you can bet there are plenty of lies that you haven’t found out about. Big red flag.”— James J. Sexton, huffingtonpost.com
“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, amazon.com
“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.”— Dorothy Allison, amazon.com
“Fuck you for cheating on me. Fuck you for reducing it to the word cheating. As if this were a card game, and you sneaked a look at my hand. Who came up with the term cheating, anyway? A cheater, I imagine. Someone who thought liar was too harsh. Someone who thought devastator was too emotional. The…”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“You catch him in a lie. He may have a dozen very good reasons for not telling you the truth, but how can you love – or even like – someone you cannot trust?”— Brenda Della Casa, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you ask him a question about his intentions, does he stutter? Does he talk around the question? It takes approximately zero seconds to communicate the truth. It takes a little longer than that to come up with a passable lie or excuse. Interpret stuttering and dancing around questions for what t…”— Christina Berchini, elitedaily.com
“If he ghosts you, it’s because he’s at a difficult time in his life. If the situation really calls for it, out comes the good old victim card: I nearly lost my job, I nearly lost my house, I was abandoned as a child, I think I have a serious addition to weed, I think I am terminally ill…”— Tristen Lee, pollygolightly.com
“When you run into people he knows in public, he either doesn't introduce you, or refers to you as his "friend" even though you've been dating for months.”— Kate George, bustle.com
“If you catch your partner in a lie more than once, there is no real reason to keep the relationship going. Someone who is a liar is probably a consistent and pathological liar. It's just one of those moral codes you either live by or you don't.”— Geena Goozdich, elitedaily.com
“The truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire”— Miranda Lambert, youtube.com