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Quotes About Suspicion

people like her, those who wield a pen, can be dangerous. At once a suspicion of fakery springs to mind—that such a Person is not him- or herself, but
~ Olga Tokarczuk
We were interrogated as if we had murdered the Commandant with our own hands. Luckily
~ Olga Tokarczuk
Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
~ Oliver Cromwell
Do not trust to the cheering, for those very persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
~ Oliver Cromwell
Si hubiera sospechado lo que se oye después de muerto, no me suicido.
~ Unknown
A dagger has only a single point, but a traitor cuts from anywhere.
~ Orson Scott Card
I have suffered much at the hands of human society. Forgive me if I seem overly suspicious.
~ Osamu Dazai
Affetmek ya da affedememek söz konusu de?ildi. Yo?iko güven abidesiydi. ?nsanlardan ku?kulanmay? bilmiyordu. Fakat trajedi bu yüzden do?mu?tu. Sorar?m Tanr?'ya! Güven suç mudur?
~ Osamu Dazai
When a person has secrets locked inside, he can't help but feel that there are ears embedded in the walls.
~ Osamu Dazai
you didn't know enough to distrust others
~ Osamu Dazai
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
~ Oscar Wilde
I went over and rolled the woman over on her back. She couldn't have been much over twenty-two or three; little, gray-eyed blonde. There was a knife in her side, under the arm. There was a .38 automatic near her outstretched hand. She was very dead.
~ Otto Penzler
Men object to the surveillance of a wife, and most justly; but they seem to forget that it is nothing compared to the unscrupulous espionage of a courtesan.
~ Ouida
Well, besides—I was wondering whether Caesar was true to his Order when he said it was not enough for his wife to be pure, since she was not also above public suspicion; or whether he was but a cowardly cur, who cloaked social timidity in a grand period, and shrank before the mud pellets of social opinion. Which was it—eh?
~ Ouida
Mármost ha az a helyzet, hogy mindenki tök, csak mi állunk a vártán ragyogón, okosan, mint a nap, akkor azért érdemes gyanút fogni.
~ Peter Esterhazy
Si en este país hay un sospechoso, es la policía. LUIS GONZÁLEZ DE ALBA
~ Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Belascoarán se llevó la mano a la bolsa y sacó una paleta de caramelo rellena de chicle. Lo mismo podía haber sacado su pistola, el tipo no le inspiraba la más mínima simpatía.
~ Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Why is he being so nice? He is friendly--too friendly. No one is nice just for the sake of it these days, not unless he wants something.
~ Pam Jenoff
They encourage the suspicion – potentially lethal among the hundreds of millions of people condemned to superfluousness – that the present order, democratic or authoritarian, is built upon force and fraud; they incite a broader and more apocalyptic mood than we have witnessed before. They also underscore the need for some truly transformative thinking, about both the self and the world.
~ Pankaj Mishra
Don't trust anyone over 30.
~ Pat Boone
Is someone going about the High Kirk killing folk? That'll do the pilgrim trade no good.
~ Unknown
The men in the nearby village fear us, thinking we are witches. Women who live without men—especially old women who grow herbs, heal the sick, and befriend wild animals—are always suspect.
~ Pat Murphy
You are afraid of us. You are afraid because you don't know what we might do.
~ Pat Murphy
We'd spent years as adversaries, two predators sharing territory and a certain, unwelcome attraction. Somehow, during all those years I spent outwardly acquiescing to his demands while making sure I held my own, I'd won his respect. I'd had werewolves love me and hate me, but I'd never had one respect me before. Not even Samuel. Adam respected me enough to act on my suspicions. It meant a lot.
~ Patricia Briggs