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Quotes About Trust

I open up—" Cawley again: "Using your keys, correct, Mr. Ganton?" Ganton nodded at Cawley, looked back at his knees. "I use my keys, yeah, 'cause the door's locked.
~ Dennis Lehane
He knew her. He knew her, this man she'd married, this man she'd committed herself to walking through this life with. He knew her. And—wonder of wonders—he was still here.
~ Dennis Lehane
At that moment, Dave would have lifted a house for Jimmy, held it up to his chest until Jimmy told him where to put it down.
~ Dennis Lehane
You've mislaid your trust in the past, had your faith in people broken, shattered even. You've been betrayed. Lied to. So you've chosen not to trust. And this protects you to some extent, I'm sure. But it also isolates you from the rest of humanity. You are disconnected. You are displaced. And the only way to find your way back to a place, to a connection, is to trust again.
~ Dennis Lehane
I'd like to be sitting here five years from now, Marshal, and know you're still in the world. Teddy looked down at the hand on his knee. Looked up at Cawley. I would too, he said softly.
~ Dennis Lehane
Everyone I know lies, breaks their word, and has perfectly legitimate excuses for why they do. Except you. Haven't you ever noticed that? Two times in twelve years, you said you'd find this girl no matter what. And you did. Why? Because you gave your word, babe. And that might not mean shit to the rest of the world, but it means everything to you. Whatever else hapened today, you found her twice, Patrick. When no one else would even try.
~ Dennis Lehane
How did anyone know where faith developed? One moment, it wasn't there, the next it was.
~ Dennis Lehane
We all believe lies that bring us more comfort than the truth.
~ Dennis Lehane
I can't think of one reason big enough for them to lie and small enough for it not to matter.
~ Dennis Lehane
She would rather have known the lie that was Brian than the truth of anything else in her life.
~ Dennis Lehane
need to confess anything to anyone. You go." "And why would I go?
~ Dennis Lehane
Qué me dice de…? —miró a Phil, luego a mí y después apartó la vista. —¿Sí? —se interesó Barnett. —Bueno… creo que la bala estuvo dando vueltas por mis partes bajas y… —Sus órganos reproductores no se han visto afectados, señorita Gennaro. —Oh —exclamó ella mientras me pillaba sonriendo y me lanzaba una mirada asesina—. No digas ni una puta palabra, Patrick.
~ Dennis Lehane
The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy of that and maybe no one deserves the burden of it, either. You'll be let down. You'll be disappointed and have your trust broken and have a lot of real sucky days. You lose more than you win. You hate the person you love as much as you love him. But, sh*t, you roll up your sleeves and work - at everything -because that's what growing older is.
~ Dennis Lehane
Safety is an illusion we sell to children to help them sleep. Then I wanted to be a child.
~ Dennis Lehane
Me gustaría quedarme contigo, Patrick. ¿Te parece bien? —Es la mejor oferta que he recibido este año, Ange.
~ Dennis Lehane
Qualsiasi cosa tu abbia intenzione di fare, Teddy, non prendere quelle pillole.
~ Dennis Lehane
Then how did he manage to deceive you? Because I let him. And why would you do that? Because I wanted to feel safe. Safety is an illusion we sell to children to help them sleep. Then I wanted to be a child.
~ Dennis Lehane
Che ci creda oppure no, agente, io credo nella terapia della parola, nelle capacità interpersonali di base. Ho quest'idea rivoluzionaria che se tratti un paziente con rispetto e ascolti quello che cerca di dire, puoi riuscire a raggiungerlo.
~ Dennis Lehane
Pensai che se Teddy fosse stato lì al mio fianco, anche lui avrebbe visto il ratto. L'avrebbe visto eccome. E vi dirò un'altra cosa. Teddy? Lui avrebbe applaudito.
~ Dennis Lehane
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
~ Dennis Potter
I'll have to lift your penis now to grease around it.
~ Dennis Potter
A society can survive bad donkey drivers. But it cannot survive contempt for truth—whether inside or outside a courtroom.
~ Dennis Prager
If you go through life cheating others, you will go through life expecting others to cheat you. Liars expect to be lied to; cheaters expect to be cheated; and so on.
~ Dennis Prager
There are far more kind and honest people than there are courageous people.
~ Dennis Prager