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Quotes About Betrayal

I went there to see him instead of to Yale and it was there I found out how he had fooled me all those years and what a hypocrite he was. I found out on the day we saw the baby born.
~ Sylvia Plath
S'ka më mirë se sa të vjellësh me dikë, të bën ta shohësh si një mik të vjetër.
~ Sylvia Plath
The one man since I've lived who could blast Richard.
~ Sylvia Plath
What have I eaten? Lies and smiles .
~ Sylvia Plath
If I've killed one man, I've killed two-- The vampire who said he was you And drank my blood for a year, Seven years, if you want to know. Daddy, you can lie back now. There's a stake in your fat black heart And the villagers never liked you. They are dancing and stamping on you. They always knew it was you. Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.
~ Sylvia Plath Daddy
As we forge deeper into this issue of forgiveness, we must be prepared to open up and discuss things that bother us before they escalate to a crisis level. We must examine our struggles with forgiveness in which there are not overt offenses or blatant betrayals. I'm convinced that seeds of resentment take root in the silent frustrations that never get discussed. Other people cannot read our minds--or our palms!--and that is why we have tongues to speak.
~ T.D. Jakes
The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
~ T.S. Eliot
When lovely lady stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray, She brushes her hair with automatic hand And puts a record on the gramophone.
~ T.S. Eliot
I have heard of such cases before—that people in his condition Often betray the most immoderate resentment At such a suggestion. They can be very cunning— Their malady makes them so. They do not want to be cured And they know what you are thinking.
~ T.S. Eliot
It was only after they had left the bridge and its gaurdian far behind that Theo realized he had left Tansy's telephone-brooch in the pocket of his jacket. He had no plans to go back for it, of course: as far as Theo was concerned, that piece of two-legged ugliness was welcome to blow out Tansy's long-distance bill or download a ton of troll-porn and charge it to the Daisy commune. Betray me, huh? Taste the Revenge of Vilmos!
~ Tad Williams
You dog!" she said, so loud that half the crowded tavern turned to watch. "A few days past the walls of the inner keep and you think your pizzle has turned to solid silver? At least when Nevin Hewney falls asleep on top of a girl, drooling and farting and limp as custard, he doesn't pretend he's done her a favor.
~ Tad Williams
If you spare a dog he will never bite you, but men are not so trustworthy.
~ Tad Williams
Once you cross the line to hate, disappointment is irrelevant; it's a given. If you hate someone, you're only too happy to have them disappoint you. It proves a point.
~ Tami Hoag
It was perfectly innocent.' That's what Gary Hart said. One day he's running for president, the next he's sitting in an office somewhere making paper-clip chains.
~ Tami Hoag
You make serious enemies when you turn on your own kind.
~ Tami Hoag
Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. "Auugghh!" he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. Are you trying to kill me, woman? If I mean to kill someone, I do it, Rosethorn told him. I don't try.
~ Tamora Pierce
I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.
~ Tamora Pierce
Scummer, pox and wound rot! roared Tunstall, slamming his fist down on the bed. Gods cursed the pig-tarsed mammering craven currish beef-witted bum-licking gut-griping louts that did this to me! May every flea, leech and hookworm in all creation find and feast upon them!
~ Tamora Pierce
Stefan spat. Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.
~ Tamora Pierce
We'll be chopped up before you can say 'King Maggot'.
~ Tamora Pierce
Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.
~ Tamora Pierce
rosto cupped laddybuck in one hand and grabed the back of my neck with the other pulling me in and kissing me right on the mouth. i should have punched him but his lips were soft and sweet. i will punch him next time. -beka after she realizes that rosto the piper is the new rouge
~ Tamora Pierce
Daine put a hand on her bow. It was loaded, but she didn't want to kill Maura's sister. I wouldn't call names, if I was you she retorted. Yolane backed up. Tirell! Oram! Jemis! To me! Oram, on the double! Daine shook her head. Yell all you like, they won't come. They're gone. What do you mean, 'gone'? I mean it's at an end the king knows what you're up to. The rebellion's uncovered. You'll never be queen.
~ Tamora Pierce
He knows about things like betrayal, and being afraid, and the looks on people's faces when they know you did something they thought impossible
~ Tamora Pierce