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Quotes About Trust

I hope you will choose better ahead. You have always trusted too easily.
~ Madeline Miller
I have seen her do a thousand such tricks a thousand times. My father always fell for them. He believed the world's natural order was to please him.
~ Madeline Miller
You threw me to the crows, but i turns out I prefer them to you.
~ Madeline Miller
I would not care," I said. The words scrabbled from my mouth. "Whatever you became. It would not matter to me. We would be together." "I know," he said quietly, but did not look at me.
~ Madeline Miller
That was another thing about him. He made you want to spill your secrets.
~ Madeline Miller
Nothing is sure, we know that. But if I had to trust that a thing would be done, I would trust it to you.
~ Madeline Miller
I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.
~ Madeline Miller
He showed me his scars. And in return he let me pretend that I had none.
~ Madeline Miller
Si tienes que ir, sabes que iré contigo.
~ Madeline Miller
Non vedevo i suoi lati peggiori. Anche al suo meglio non era un uomo facile. Ma mi è stato amico in un momento in cui ne avevo bisogno. - Strano pensare che una dea abbia bisogno di amici. - Tutte le creature che non siano pazze ne hanno bisogno.
~ Madeline Miller
The generals take the credit, of course, and indeed they provide the gold. But they are always calling you into their tent and asking for reports of what you're doing instead of letting you go do it.
~ Madeline Miller
i will never leave him. it will always be this, for as long as he will let me.
~ Madeline Miller
There are no bargains between lions and men
~ Madeline Miller
Go" , she says. " He waits for you".
~ Madeline Miller
Es posible domesticar a una serpiente para que coma de tu mano, pero nadie le va a quitar nunca el gusto por morder.
~ Madeline Miller
Come, I have fed you well. Will you tell me your names?" They looked up. Their eyes darted like ferrets to their leader. He rose, the bench scraping on the stone. "Tell us yours first." There was something in his voice. I almost said it then, the spell-word that would send them to sleep. But even after all the years that had passed, there was a piece of me that still only spoke what I was bid. "Circe," I answered.
~ Madeline Miller
This and this and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender or too slow.
~ Madeline Miller
I conjure the boy I knew. Achilles, grinning as the figs blur in his hands. His green eyes laughing into mine. Catch , he says. Achilles, outlined against the sky, hanging from a branch over the river. The thick warmth of his sleepy breath against my ear. If you have to go, I will go with you . My fears forgotten in the golden harbor of his arms.
~ Madeline Miller
Patroclus," he said. He was always better with words than I.
~ Madeline Miller
If you have to go, I will go with you. My fears forgotten in the golden harbor of his arms.
~ Madeline Miller
I had to wait for my companion.
~ Madeline Miller
As Odysseus said, many boys took each other for lovers. But such things were given up as they grew older, unless it was with slaves or hired boys. Our men liked conquest; they did not trust a man who was conquered himself.
~ Madeline Miller
I know. They never let you be famous and happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret." "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this. "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes. "I swear it," he echoed.
~ Madeline Miller
Tu m'as jeté en pâture aux corbeaux, mais il se trouve que je les préfère à toi.
~ Madeline Miller