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He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

Graham Greene
Liars, Lying, Territory
Graham Greene (1960). “The Heart of The Matter”

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Graham Greene
Kindness, Lying, Thousand

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

Graham Greene
Truth, Lying, Drinking
Graham Greene (1980). “Travels with my aunt”

It is the storytellers task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

Graham Greene
Lying, Understanding, Tasks
Graham Greene, Marie-Françoise Allain (1991). “Conversations with Graham Greene”

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.

Graham Greene
Lying, Drinking, Wine
Graham Greene (1980). “Travels with my aunt”

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in...We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and degradations lying around our childhood, in cupboards and bookshelves, everywhere.

Graham Greene
Lying, Doors, Childhood

Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends.

Graham Greene
Lonely, Lying, Deserted
Graham Greene (1974). “The end of the affair”, Vintage

In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.

Graham Greene
Lying, Hands, Promise
Graham Greene (1974). “The end of the affair”, Vintage

It's strange how the human mind swings back and forth, from one extreme to another. Does truth lie at some point of the pendulum's swing, at a point where it never rests, not in the dull perpendicular mean where it dangles in the end like a windless flag, but at an angle, nearer one extreme than another? If only a miracle could stop the pendulum at an angle of sixty degrees, one would believe the truth was there.

Graham Greene
Lying, Believe, Mean

What an unbearable creature he must have been in those days--and yet in those days he had been comparatively innocent. That was another mystery: it sometimes seemed to him that venial sins--impatience, an unimportant lie, pride, a neglected opportunity--cut you off from grace more completely than the worst sins of all. Then, in his innocence, he had felt no love for anyone; now in his corruption he had learnt.

Graham Greene
Lying, Pride, Cutting
Graham Greene (1971). “The Power and the Glory”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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