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Quotes About Trust

Throughout history, certain doctors have done terrible things. It's never nice to be reminded.
~ Elizabeth Bear
She hadn't trusted anyone, not since Patience. Not since Moon Morrow's confidential secretary had turned out to be not so confidential after all.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Oh, sweeting. Thou scorned not my money before. Whyso now?
~ Elizabeth Bear
I took an oath. If it is not inviolable, then I am useless. If I am not inviolate, the magic is not inviolate.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Perfidious candle-flicker," he said in a hush. "Remember me.
~ Elizabeth Bear
You let your guard down to one person, pretty soon other people started creeping in over the razor wire and around the force fields, too. And then they inevitably hurt you, and what might have been a few chips and dents of your deflectors were working turned, instead into a full-sledged meteor storm, leaving behind cracked bones and big meaty gauges.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Thank thee, Will. In mine extremity, I know I could trust in thee.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Rim had kept secrets from the Core. The Core kept secrets from Rim: no surprises there. One of the stranger benefits of having once been someone else was that the someone she had been knew how much was concealed. And sometimes even had a general idea of what not to ask about in order to ensure everyone's comfort or continued peace of mind. Or, in this case, where exactly to shine the light.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Even now, Will realized he could sense Kit's movements with a lover's awareness. He wasn't sure if that comforted or troubled him, but he stepped closer because he could, and raised one hand to touch the hackled raven on his shoulder.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Elena might think she was the saltspider at the center of the web, but Lesa couldn't allow her to recognize all the layers of machinations here.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I hate hanging our hopes on a man, even if he is both gentle and his mother's son. But he came.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Garrett didn't miss the jeweled-serpent glitter in the man's eyes.
~ Elizabeth Bear
He squeezed Kit's elbow and felt Kit lean against him-not so much relaxing as seeking comfort and perhaps warmth, despite the way he almost flinched away from Will's steadying touch.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Hitting people almost never solves anything, and you can trust me on that. I was in the military.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Rest," she said. "I've got you.
~ Elizabeth Bear
You commit yourself completely to something and then you take your eyes off it for an instant and it's gone. Like it never was. Like you can't even see the evidence of the thing that was there, that you trusted your weight, your honor, your life, your heart to.
~ Elizabeth Bear
His body believed; his intuition twisted; the partnership breathed out again.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Doctors are an enormous pain in the ass. Trust me. I know. I am one.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I remembered what it felt like to have your heart peeled out of your body and handed to you by somebody you'd loved and allowed yourself to be vulnerable to.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Sebastien," the Englishman purred, hurt or feigning. "What would I have done? He wears your ring, my love." "I don't trust you." David's nails scratched Sebastien's neck, tracing the spine from skull to shoulders. Sebastien shivered. "Don't trust me," David answered. "I need your goodwill. Use me.
~ Elizabeth Bear
People had secrets. You lived with it or you didn't.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Just because I don't care for the prowl myself doesn't mean I can't be a pretty good wingperson.
~ Elizabeth Bear
She smiled and leaned on him. It would have been nice to earn that smile. Nice to feel the trust, the partnership, the old friendship they had had. Nice to smile back, to reach out, and take her hand.
~ Elizabeth Bear
If it was any of my business, somebody would tell me about it eventually.
~ Elizabeth Bear