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Quotes About Trust

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.
~ Alice Hoffman
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.
~ Alice Hoffman
But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone.
~ Alice Hoffman
Always love someone who will love you back.
~ Alice Hoffman
Then I understood that when someone begins to tell you her story, you are entwined together. Perhaps even more so if the ending hasn't been divulged.
~ Alice Hoffman
Remember what I've told you. Remember me.
~ Alice Hoffman
See a charmer and you're bound to see a snake nearby
~ Alice Hoffman
People will disappoint you with their cruelty every time
~ Alice Hoffman
what does love matter in a world where it's so easy to hurt someone?
~ Alice Hoffman
Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of the species.
~ Alice Hoffman
This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell
~ Alice Hoffman
It was easy to lie to people who still believed in the truth.
~ Alice Hoffman
When you have a sister, someone knows the story of who you were and who you would always be.
~ Alice Hoffman
I knew that men told you the truth for one of two reasons: when they wished to be rid of what they couldn't bear to carry, or when they wished to include you in what they knew so their stories wouldn't be lost.
~ Alice Hoffman
Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.
~ Alice Hoffman
We must do as we're told, Ava reminded her. We will honor your mother and follow her instructions. Because she is your maker? Lea asked, her heart breaking. Ava shook her head. Because she is yours.
~ Alice Hoffman
Love is complicated, love can be hidden, love, above all else, is loyalty.
~ Alice Hoffman
You can only know a friend so well after all. When you come right down to it, even your best friend is a puzzle.
~ Alice Hoffman
Who can you trust if not your sister? Who knows your story better than she? If you saw one Owens sister at the grocery, the other would be right beside her. If one was working in the garden, making certain the rows of herbs were weeded, her sister would be there as well, carrying a basket to collect the dandelion greens.
~ Alice Hoffman
In the human world you had to choose your loyalties carefully. You had to see through to someone's heart.
~ Alice Hoffman
I'm sticking with books. They never let you down and they don't judge you.
~ Alice Hoffman
When you are a wolf, no place is safe, no one can be trusted. Unless they are what you are. Hunted.
~ Alice Hoffman
Love had to happen without any certainty, the ultimate leap of faith.
~ Alice Hoffman
But then you like to tempt fate, don't you? Don't worry, it will all work out
~ Alice Hoffman