Quotes About Trust

She thinks you will succeed. But whether you will know you have succeeded, or if the success will be the one you would have chosen for yourself, well, those are things no one can say now. But she knows you will succeed at whatever you are meant to do." p.613: Paragon to Brashen (about Mother)

She held his hand and did not look down nor back.

For years, as your health has waned, I have served you. Were I disloyal, I would have proved it years ago. Loyalty, however, is hard to prove." "Because loyalty can change, it must be proven every day.

Yet in any relationship there is always the capacity for abuse. Just as a husband may beat his wife, or a wife pare her husband's soul with belittlement

Silly me. To think there was such a thing as a safe place in the world.

And while you're 'hearing' all this vital gossip, I might point out to you that no wise man tells all he knows. And that he who carries tales has little else in his head. Do you understand me, Brant?

What else?' Chade

If I gave Bee to Riddle and Nettle, I could undertake the Fool's vengeance. That traitorous thought made me want to vomit.

Quando o único conforto que se pode obter é o sono, aceita-o. Deixar-te-á mais bem preparado para o que quer que venha em seguida.

And that he who carries tales has little else in his head.

What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one other. It is power. It is a bond. It may be a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible.

is deceived about what is offered by the other. What danger do you fear here, Tom?

once you put a man in charge of something, you didn't ride him while he did the task.

I suppose I cannot blame you for doubting me. I could scarcely believe it myself at first. I found all sorts of ways to deny it and explain it away. But it wouldn't stay gone.

It is quite one thing to admit a fault to yourself. It is another thing entirely to have a friend not only agree with you, but point out the full depth of the fault.

Some friendships go deeper than madness or common sense

The axe is his weapon." Verity nodded slowly, "And he is mine.

He would fear everyone he did not control. And the next day he would fear those he controlled even more.

A secret is only a secret as long as only one man knows it.

I lay down to sleep with the resolve that I would not let Galen deceive me any longer, nor persuade me to deceive myself.

I had been outnumbered. Outmaneuvered. They'd withheld information from me. Worse, logic and rationality were on their side.

Men it is who think they can rule others' lives, but have no bonds to them. Do you think that to bond or not to bond is for you alone to decide? My heart is my own. I give it where I will. I will not give it to one who thrusts me aside. Nor will I obey one who denies pack and bond.

A lock does no more than keep an honest man, honest.

When settled people look for security, they look for continuity." Here