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Quotes About Trust

I believe... that security declines as security machinery expands.
~ E. B. White
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
~ E. B. White
It is easier to believe than to doubt.
~ E. D. Martin
A politician is an arse upon which everybody has sat except a man
~ e. e. cummings
A politician is an ass upon which everyone has sat except a man.
~ e. e. cummings
No one is entitled to the truth.
~ E. Howard Hunt
It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
~ E. L. Doctorow
One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
~ E. L. Doctorow
Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them.
~ E. Lockhart
Can I hold your hand?" he asked. I put mine in his. "The universe is seeming really huge right now," he told me. "I need something to hold on to." "I'm here.
~ E. Lockhart
When you hate someone you used to love, and you think he's done something awful - he probably has.
~ E. Lockhart
If you don't want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you.
~ E. Lockhart
Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.
~ E. Lockhart
There's something about seeing a guy's feelings written down, something about him taking that risk and committing that heart to paper, that means so much more than anything he could just say.
~ E. Lockhart
Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.
~ E. Lockhart
If those are your friends, you've got no need for enemies.
~ E. Lockhart
You are my girlfriend," whispered Matthew. " You're my girl and I'm your guy, and you're my girl and I'm your guy. Let's not fight.
~ E. Lockhart
8. Fact: It is a bad idea to date a known cheater, because even if he doesn't cheat on you, you will always know he's capable of it and will never fully trust him. Then you will become even more insecure and neurotic than you already are.
~ E. Lockhart
It was part of their mission as a secret society--as it is part of the mission of most secret societies, actually--to not be entirely secret.
~ E. Lockhart
Don't pretend you would never hurt anybody.
~ E. Lockhart
I guess that is why they've been here. I needed them.
~ E. Lockhart
I just-I don't want to get involved with you Jackson," I said, the words tumbling out. "You're a nice guy, but then, when it comes down to it-you're not, really.
~ E. Lockhart
F]riendship is a method of castration that doesn't use a sharp object.
~ E. Lockhart
we need you' means my sisters love me, they rely on me, the admire me.
~ E. Lockhart