Quotes About Trust

There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her place. Hence, I'm bullshit-proof.

I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up.

Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.

Everybody lies to children, even their parents. The day a child realizes that is the day they start becoming an adult.

Don't trust, and never verify." Roy said, "That doesn't fill me with confidence.

When one is tricked into accepting a favor, it feels like a trick, not a favor.

he's the only one who didn't slide a piece of paper across the table with a number on it

If I tell you, will you let met go? - You bet, partner. [...] - You promised! - Nope. I said you bet. You did ... and you lost.

That's what everyone thinks--they think being a cop is about punishing people for doing wrong. But that's not true. You know it isn't. It's about believing in people, believing in the good. In the will of people to do what's right despite their own instincts.

relational maturity.

Children believe things in their hearts, and much of what they believe comes from what their parents tell them.

were going to be released, for fear of compromising Special

Let me get this stright, Aya-Chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie? -Frizz mizuno

Have a little faith in me, Volger. I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance.

The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.

She smiled, turning toward Alek. You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

I go where the lizards tell me.

Fine. Seer knows best, even if he is nuts. Maybe I can stand to wait a few more... whoa. What the hell happened to my car? -Melissa

Hiding from the truth was worse than being lied to.

Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.

She couldn't disappoint the whole village. There were no wallscreens here, no newsfeeds or satellites bands, and touring soccer teams were no doubt few and far between. (...), that made stories a valuable commodity, and it probably wasn't very often that a stranger dropped in from the sky.

I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy

Dr. Barlow, it is, of course, customary to check with the caption before, uh, giving away his ship. -Deryn Sharp