Trust Me, I'm Lying

Coincidences are like unicorns.you can believe in them all you want,but that doesn't make them real

When you can be anybody, you become nobody

people don't generally believe themselves to be evil. Just strong. And they think that the world owes them something

I'll never understand how really bad guys can communicate with just a series of small signals like that. I always have to explain everything in agonizing detail to get my minions to do my bidding. Maybe I have faulty minions.

his mind's like Alcatraz. once something's in, it never gets out

I lay the chrysanthemum across the stone, letting my fingers trail across the cut of his name and ignoring the tears that never seem far from my eyes these days. Even three months later, I have nightmares about him. Not his death, though I still have day-mares about that. My nightmares are much worse. “Don’t worry,” I say. “I’ll watch the world while you sleep.

it's a losing battle at this point,but so was the alamo

I can't say I have much experience with conscience. I wasn't born with that particular cricket on my shoulder.

God, what's in these?" Sam asks, wrinkling his nose. "Cod, I think," I say. "Close, though." "I'd laugh, but I'd have to breathe, and that's not something I really want to do right now.

Power is like the fish that swallows Geppetto. People become trapped by it. They're afraid that without it, they'll drown in the sea of mediocrity with the rest of us.

I guess it's true what the French say: fortune favors the innocent. Lucky for me, it also favors the moderately dishonest.

Your story is your best offense; your disguise is your best defense. Weapons will only get you killed.

It's a little-known fact that innocent people always look guilty.

The truth is, conscience exists because everyone has something in their past they're not proud of.

No disguise if more foolproof than the one the mark wants to believe.

The first lesson on Lying 101 is that it's best to begin with a lie with a scrap of truth --it lends an air of credibility to an otherwise

One of the ten con-man-dments: Always keep your feelings close to your vest.

If you fake connections long enough, you end up friendless and alone.

You can love an illusion, but the illusion can't love you back.

Anger is almost always based on fear, and fear is the easiest emotion to manipulate.

Sometimes the most obvious method is the one they least expect.

Trust me when I say that keeping secrets will drive you apart.

It's good to have friends. Even crooked ones.

I guess it's true what they say -you can never go home again. You can miss it, you can visit, but you can't go back.