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Quotes About Betrayal

Being alive isn't a betrayal. Being afraid to live is.
~ Angela Knight
He was now entirely disillusioned and his whole life shattered. His heart's devotion had been at Mrs. Dean's feet, and she had found it trying.
~ Angela Thirkell
If he had been, say, the Count of Monte Cristo, he would have drawn from his pocket a small and exquisitely wrought phial, two drops from which would have brought the colour to her cheeks. Her dark eyes might then have rested with gratitude on her deliverer; she might have languidly extended her hand for him to kiss, a thought at which he was so overcome that he had to stop for a moment and recover himself.
~ Angela Thirkell
To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.
~ Angelina Jolie
Silas Heap was eloping with Marcia Overstrand.
~ Angie Sage
Gringe found out and tipped off the Custodian Guards. He no more wanted his daughter to marry a Heap than you wanted Simon to marry a Gringe. The Guards stormed the chapel, sent the distraught lass home and took Simon away.
~ Angie Sage
Marcellus," said Julius, sounding somewhat unenthusiastic. "Um, how are you?" Marcellus smiled. "Alive," he said tersely… Julius, you snake. It has taken me nearly five hundred years to figure this out, but now at last I know what caused the Great Alchemie Disaster... you!
~ Angie Sage
Dandra Draa killed my father. - Kaznim
~ Angie Sage
You broke me bodily. The heart ain't the half of it, And I'll never learn to laugh at it In my good natured way. In fact, I'm laughing less in general, But I learned a lot at my own funeral. And I knew you'd be the death of me, So I guess that's the price I pay.
~ Ani DiFranco
May God punish you for this first of your sins!" Hossein Beyg shouted, his words falling on the room like a curse. "May you fear for your life every day you are Shah. May your children be murdered without mercy, just as you have condemned me. Men of the court, take heed! You will be next if you don't root out this viper in your midst.
~ Anita Amirrezvani
Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and then you are lost.
~ Anita Shreve
Ten Worst Feelings: Cheated on. Over thinking. Lied to. Heart broken. Not cared for. Losing. Scared. Assuming. Nervous. Letting go.
~ Anmol Andore
They weren't sorry Catherine was dead at all. Certainly they hadn't particularly liked her when she was alive. Lisa had called her a stuck-up southern cow only last week, when Mr Scott had read out a chunk of her essay on Steinbeck. They were enjoying every minute of this. They weren't in the least sorry that Catherine would never take her place again in the front row for English. But she didn't say
~ Ann Cleeves
Holly wondered how long it would be before he looked for promotion, a team of his own, and whether Vera would see that as progress – a validation of her skill as a mentor – or as betrayal.
~ Ann Cleeves
That was why he hated Duncan. Not because he was a bully but because he'd forced Perez to see him as one. Because when he was fourteen, he'd been Perez's best friend.
~ Ann Cleeves
His face paled and he blinked violently as if he'd been slapped. She stepped away, expecting an angry outburst, but when he spoke it was almost in a whisper. 'Do you really think that badly of me?
~ Ann Cleeves
He ate with her before he killed her?
~ Ann Cleeves
They might share the same secret, but they had different interests. The thought worried her. It was one of the reasons she was scared about leaving prison: that Shirley might land her in the shit, big time.
~ Ann Cleeves
When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard you drag me to filth on your podcast.'
~ Jessica Williams
In real life, there are some times where a partner has cheated on somebody, and that person never found out about it. I have to imagine that that's happened before. It's a thing we don't really want to think about, because it's maybe the most painful thing to think about in a relationship - 'What if I've been cheated on and never knew?'
~ Paul Rust
Me and a few of my rowdy friends stole the wheels and tires off a brand-new limited-edition Lincoln Mark III that my manager, Merle Kilgore, had just bought. We left it up on blocks and then we sold his own wheels and tires back to him the next day.
~ Hank Williams Jr.
I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.
~ Jeff Buckley
That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.
~ John Wilkes
People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of you that knows there's absolutely no more piercing betrayal. People are undone by it.
~ Junot Diaz