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Quotes About Trust

you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.
~ Patricia Briggs
The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.
~ Patricia Briggs
Instinct," he told her, "is most often right.
~ Patricia Briggs
I have noticed that people who listen to their instincts live longer.
~ Patricia Briggs
There's a lot of truth in the adage that all cars named after animals are lemons.
~ Patricia Briggs
His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.
~ Patricia Briggs
need me to make sure she has enough food or a place to live—that is my privilege, but she doesn't need me to do that. She doesn't need me to keep her safe or to make her a whole person. She doesn't need me to do anything except love her. Which I do.
~ Patricia Briggs
A friend in danger is not someone who should be deserted. Safety is not always the right path. (Sylvia)
~ Patricia Briggs
He pulled her tight against him. "I will defend your heart and your soul with everything in me.
~ Patricia Briggs
I mean never put yourself in a position where harm to you would make the fae community here safer.
~ Patricia Briggs
Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.
~ Patricia Briggs
Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.
~ Patricia Briggs
C'est moi, c'est moi,'tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didn't know if he'd catch the reference. I shouldn't have worried. Unexpectedly, he laughed. "Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.
~ Patricia Briggs
Samuel laughed out loud. "You still haven't figured it out, have you, Mercy? He never was mad about the car. He was the first one at the scene of the accident. He thought you'd killed yourself. We all did. That was a pretty spectacular wreck.
~ Unknown
You mean he thinks I'm going to get MORE offers?" Kim said, appalled. "He doesn't seem to be the only one that thinks so." Mairelon said. "Aunt Agatha mentioned it to me yesterday afternoon. Is there anyone, or would you rather I turn the lot of them away?" Kim shook her head. "There isn't anyone." Except you.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Allowing anyone, even Mairelon, not only to come close to her, but to circle her waist with his arms brought back old fears, though she had to admit that the sensation was pleasurable on those rare occasions when she could relax enough to enjoy it.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Really, Agatha, you might have told me." "Told you what?" Mairelon said. "That my ward was once a street thief? I didn't think it was a secret." "A street thief?" Letitia wrinkled her nose and looked at Kim with disfavor. "How horrid." "I think it is the most romantic story I have ever heard", Miss Matthews said with conviction.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Oh, well, if it's a matter of honor," I said. "You should have said that to begin with. Not that it has anything to do with deciding what we ought to do next, but I am sure you would have felt better for saying it.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Then we'd be living a lie," Padmé told him gently. "And one we couldn't keep
~ Patricia C. Wrede
I wish we could persuade either Thomas or James to be more forthcoming!
~ Patricia C. Wrede
I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon
~ Patricia C. Wrede
He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Stockholm Syndrome is what it is called when you begin to identify with your captors…. They get nicer every day that they don't kill you.
~ Unknown
He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up.
~ Unknown