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Quotes About Trust

We- the Folk- don't love like you do,' Locke said. 'Perhaps you shouldn't trust me with your heart. I might break it.
~ Holly Black
I like playing pretend with you.
~ Holly Black
He draws back. 'You really are beautiful,' he says. I am ever so glad to know that they cannot lie.
~ Holly Black
You want to know what I did to make him raise me up?' I ask, leaning toward her, close enough that she can feel the warmth of my breath. 'I kissed him on the mouth, and then I threatened to kiss him some more if he didn't do exactly what I wanted.' 'Liar,' she hisses. 'If you're such good friends,' I say, repeating her own words back to her with malicious satisfaction, 'why don't you ask him?
~ Holly Black
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Taryn and she had a faerie lover who came to her at night. He was generous and adoring, but visited only in the dark. He asked for two things: one, for her to keep their meetings secret, and two, never to look upon his face fully. And so, night after night she took delight in him but, after some time had passed, wondered what his secret could be.
~ Holly Black
Aren't you ever careless?' he asked. 'Always, with you.
~ Holly Black
Once you're wed, if you want to take other lovers, she better be with you when you do it and she better be into it. If it's not fun for everyone, it's not happening.
~ Holly Black
He behaved as though he had a heart of stone, so she gave him one.
~ Holly Black
An unnamed favour is a dangerous thing to give...
~ Holly Black
Jude, nie próbuj zrobi? tego na siÅ'Ä™. Pozwól, ?eby samo przyszÅ'o.
~ Holly Black
What did he offer you?' I ask, like we're all in on the same joke. Yes, it's a gamble. Maybe Cardan didn't offer them anything at all. I try not to seem like I'm holding my breathe. I try not to show how small Cardan makes me feel. The Ghost gives me one of his rare smiles. 'Mostly gold, but also power. Position.' 'A lot of things he hasn't got,' said the Bomb. 'I thought we were friends,' Cardan says halfheartedly.
~ Holly Black
Maybe the point of real friendship isn't that you have to repay kindness, but whatever. At least I should try.
~ Holly Black
Lying is so easy here. I can do it all day long and never be caught.
~ Holly Black
Of course I like books!' Justin said, looking up. He didn't know how to explain. He'd started library school to get Linda to Sandlin, but he actually liked it. It felt good to carefully organize the books so that other people would know what they were getting themselves into. 'I've always liked books. I just don't trust them.
~ Holly Black
When I am scared, I can't forget that no matter how well he plays the role of father, he will always and forever also be my father's murderer.
~ Holly Black
I think they suspected my chief qualification for the position was my ability to lie for him.
~ Holly Black
I want to tell you so many lies/
~ Holly Black
I knew little else, but I always knew you
~ Holly Black
She didn't have to command me, Jude. She didn't have to use any magic. I trust you. I trusted you.
~ Holly Black
When I'm scared, I can't forget that no matter how well he plays the role of father, he will always and forever also be my father's murderer.
~ Holly Black
Let the story of my neice and nephews be a warning. The more you know, the more danger you are in. And trust me, you don't want to meddle with the Little People. - L.S.
~ Holly Black
I cannot lie. I cannot deny you.
~ Holly Black
I can't trust the people I care about not to hurt me. And I'm not sure I can trust myself not to hurt them, either. Friendships suck.
~ Holly Black
You carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I feel as if you have carried it long before that.
~ Holly Black