Quotes About Trust

Y'all carried secrets because that's what I taught you, but secrets . . . just . . . fester

Family business stays in the family, her mother had always said right after she'd told them, When all is said and done, family is all you got.

All of you are hurt. You're hurt because of the secrets. The secrets that have festered inside.

If you don't have strength, read Psalm 73:26. If you need help with forgiveness, try Acts 3:19. If you need to see a way out of no way, try First Corinthians 10:13.

We've talked about this," she said matter-of-factly. "I'm on lease. Nobody's purchased me, so therefore no one needs to be 'checking up on me.

keep telling you I'm just trying to get my life together and then I'll be able to buy you," he said, stroking her hair.

But how could they be together on any permanent basis when she only felt comfortable with him in her bedroom?

People who think they need high-pressure methods or tools—pinch collars or electric appliances—to train a dog have no clue how to train a dog well. Training, both as a hobby and as a profession, should be pleasant for the dog and the handler. It should be a successful learning process that yields progress for both parties. If training becomes a torment for the handler or the dog, then both parties are on the wrong track.

Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.

I have a basic rule of thumb that about 2 percent of any large group will believe literally anything, no matter how preposterous it seems to the rest of us.

I made a mental note not to give up all hope in humankind.

You know what my boss says? He says that skepticism is a good watchdog if you know when to take the leash off.

You can't base your actions on the theory that anyone you don't keep your eye on is apt to get killed.

If you collected all the good faith in this room right now you might fill a teaspoon.

Invade a man's privacy and then put the burden on him.

Wolfe grunted. "That's admirably specious, but drop it. I give you my word that I haven't the faintest notion of who killed Ellen Tenzer." Cramer eyed him. "Your word?" "Yes, sir.

They say it works sometimes, but even if it does, how could you depend on anything you got that way? Not to mention that after you did it a few times any decent garbage can would be ashamed to have you found in it.

He lowered the magazine. "Archie. You may remember that I once returned a retainer of forty thousand dollars which a client named Zimmermann had paid me, because he wanted to tell me how to handle his case instead of leaving it to me. Well?" He lifted the magazine. He lowered it again. "Please type the report." He lifted it again.

No doctor should assume responsibility for the health of one he loves or one he hates.

But if and when I find myself up a tree with a circle of man-eating tigers crouching on the ground below, and a squad of beavers starting to gnaw at the trunk of the tree, the sight of Saul approaching would be absolutely beautiful. I have never seen him fazed.

Loyalty is a very fine thing, but it shouldn't be allowed to get the bit between its teeth. I

Archie.' 'Yes, sir.' 'Do I ever intrude in your private affairs?' 'Yes, sir. Frequently. But you think you don't, so go right ahead.

Telephone calls were to be handled by me, since he knew nothing that I didn't know. (This jarred my aplomb, since it was the first time he had ever admitted it.)

You should know that your only safe secrets are those you have yourself forgotten.