Quotes About Trust

He did not think he'd ever seen her lie down to rest, or even claim a need for it.

There's something about Richard that's hard to get used to, when you've been dealing with the likes of Valens, and I don't know how to describe it. They both delight in tricking people, in holding all the cards.

Trust an old wizard when she says you did well.

The full story was not for strangers in bars.

If it's your fault, you weren't just a helpless dupe, right? But if somebody else tells you that you weren't a helpless dupe, you get angry.

He turned his head aside, offered Sebastien his throat, his fingers curled and urging.

Relationships with the blood put a strain on mortal partners, and though Sebastien tried to spread the burden, he worried.

What did it hurt me to be honest with her? To be vulnerable?

You can just set things down. And they stay where you put them. I'll never get used to that.

He gestured to the raven, who seemed quite content to nestle against the curve of Will's neck.

A snake never shares what she knows unless it serves her own purposes.

How long has it been, mistress? Just think: I offer what another cannot. I am what I am, and no apologies. I will not lie to you, promise to protect you, take my use of you, and leave. I cannot, and you will always have control of me.

Kit hid his flinch as Will's gloved fingers tightened on his arm.

I do not understand why he takes payment to protect us from himself.

They were on opposite sides of this issue, and both of them had catastrophically let me down.

She said she could do it. Either she can, or she can't, and riding her about it just wastes everyone's time.

Much as I'd like to feed her her own superior smile sometimes, I still want the woman to like me. And I want her to like herself enough to keep doing what we need her for. Because, God knows, I haven't got it in me to try.

I kept waiting for her to reach out, to ask, to flirt. To get back to her gaslighting games, to get whatever she wanted from me.

You will be quite safe, Master Shakespeare. My lord Salisbury would never permit you to come to harm; you are one of England's treasures in your very own person. But simply too much trouble to be left lying until things are more certain.

An interrogation was a relationship, and relationships were based on developing trust.

She knew where he was going, but she wasn't going to give him an inch that he didn't earn.

His poet would never disappoint him.

Vincent stood, all lithe grace, and let his hand rest warmly on Michelangelo's shoulder.

Maybe faith is a thing your decide to have, even knowing that it's not safe. Even knowing you could lose it, you could be betrayed at any time.