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Quotes About Suspicion

Durak," he said, spitting it. When
~ Joseph Kanon
But they bear the burden of being unpopular as proof of their importance - and these eminences turn the suspicion that less elevated customers are careful to disguise as courtesy into naked contempt and disdain. All the people one doesn't need right now are - for the person who will need them in a year's time - no more than air which he breathes but doesn't need to see.
~ Joseph Roth
I'm starting to think there's something familiar about this fake Bramblestar," she murmured. "But I can't quite put my paw on what it is, or who it might actually be. I do know one thing, though," she added, meeting Shadowsight's concerned
~ Erin Hunter
Why does she look like she's hiding something?
~ Erin Hunter
Are you spying on us?" Russetfur's mew was sharp. "Did Firestar send you?" Jaypaw straightened up and faced the ShadowClan deputy across the scent line. "Like Firestar would send me to spy," he meowed sarcastically.
~ Erin Hunter
But I'm sure I'm right." Squirrelflight's mew grew more certain. "It has to be. It can't be anyone else." She lifted her chin. "I think Ashfur has returned." Bristlefrost frowned, puzzled. Ashfur?
~ Erin Hunter
Blackstar stepped from the shadows, his eyes wide with worry.
~ Erin Hunter
Redtail groaned to himself, picturing the smug glow in the other tom's amber eyes. What Tigerclaw had said sounded reasonable, but Redtail didn't trust that he was really planning only to mark ThunderClan's borders. Before Redtail could turn away, Tigerclaw pushed his way out past the lichen that hung over the entrance to Bluestar's den. He stopped when he saw Redtail, and Redtail felt hot beneath his fur, embarrassed at being caught eavesdropping
~ Erin Hunter
He could not trust her. He could not trust the sun. He could only trust himself and his Clan.
~ Erin Hunter
The Dark Forest will win if we do not forgive those cats who were once their allies. Forgiveness is far more powerful than hatred and suspicion. United, we are as strong as we ever were. Divided, we will fall. Remember that the Dark Forest is still out there, ready to prey on our dreams. Hostility and distrust among us will give them more force than they deserve. Do you want that?
~ Erin Hunter
Don't you think it's odd how easily I recognized Tigerheart's scent?" Dovepaw froze, her blood draining into her paws. She remembered the look Ivypaw and Tigerheart had shared in battle. "H-how did you know?" Dovepaw cringed beneath her pelt.
~ Erin Hunter
Why would I lie to the cat who saved my daughter and her mate? A chill ran down Rootspring's spine. Was this voice . . . ? Rootspring swallowed, hardly daring to finish the thought. Are you . . . Firestar?
~ Erin Hunter
battle is coming, Fireheart. Beware a warrior you cannot trust.
~ Erin Hunter
somehow Tigerclaw had tried to murder him. This time he had failed. But what about next time? Fireheart's tired brain shied away from what was all too obvious. Next time, Tigerclaw would make sure he did not fail.
~ Erin Hunter
Elevators are brilliant. I'm going to stand here a little longer. The good thing about riding in an elevator as a grown-up is that nobody questions my being in the elevator. Nobody suspects me of just riding the elevator. I look like I'm one of the others.
~ Erlend Loe
No," Daito said. "We're not. You're all strangers to us. For all we know, any one of you could be a Sixer spy.
~ Ernest Cline
I couldn't make myself be cautious around her. A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might be playing me for a fool. But I didn't believe it. I trusted her, even though I had every reason not to.
~ Ernest Cline
The suspicion that there are invisible things, things that seldom appear or that are only shown to the chosen ones, had to be preceded by the knowledge of the visible things, that is, of experience. This provides the grip.
~ Ernst Junger
In California v. Hodari D. in 1991, the Court held that a person who is being chased by the police is not considered to be seized until he or she is actually tackled by the officer; chasing the individual does not constitute a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.63 But fifteen states have rejected this idea and said that under their state constitutions, chasing a suspect is sufficient to constitute a seizure and thus requires at least reasonable suspicion.64
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
As long as an officer has "reasonable suspicion" that the person has committed or might commit a crime, there can be a stop. And as long as an officer has "reasonable suspicion" that the person might have a weapon, there can be a frisk.
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
The purpose of the stop had obviously been to look for drugs, but the police had had no reasonable suspicion, let alone probable cause, to justify a stop for that kind of crime. They had stopped the car for a minor traffic violation patently as an excuse to search for drugs.
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
he totality of the circumstances," the officer "had reasonable suspicion to believe that respondent was engaged in illegal activity.
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
What had Wardlow done to create "reasonable suspicion"? He was in what the Court said was "an area known for heavy narcotics trafficking."38 That is another way of saying, it was a predominantly Black neighborhood. And he walked the other direction after seeing police cars.
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
Why is something done this way? Is this the best way it can be done?" You have to be fundamentally skeptical about everything.
~ Ethan M. Rasiel