Quotes About Betrayal

What killed him was his loyalty to people who, when their time came, betrayed him. Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.

The first person I heard mention Carax was Toni Cabestany

Well this story is about books. About books? About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about a betrayal and a lost friendship. It's a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind (p.178)

My father knew from the start what was going to happen,' Clara explained. 'He stayed close to his friends because he felt it was his duty. What killed him was his loyalty to people who, when their time came, betrayed him. Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows'. Phoenix paperback, 2005, p.19

Lo que no sospechaba era que quienes de verdad querían acabar con él eran aquellos que él creía que eran sus amigos y protectores. En el poder las puñaladas nunca llegan de frente, siempre por la espalda y con un abrazo.

The ménage à trois was completed by their secretary, Herminia, who followed them around like a loyal dog wherever they went and whom we all nicknamed Lady Venom because, although she looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, she was as trustworthy as a rattlesnake in heat.

Vous aves poison au coeur, mademoiselle.

En el poder las puñaladas nunca llegan de frente, siempre por la espalda y con un abrazo

The fall of the righteous is always brought about by people who are most indebted to them. One doesn't betray those who want to ruin us but those who offer us a hand, even if only because we don't wish to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe them.

Nikad nikome nemoj vjerovati, Daniele, posebice ne onima kojima se diviš. Oni ?e ti prvi zabiti nož u le?a.

Siempre he creído que el destino, amén de su afición a embestir a los inocentes por la espalda y a ser posible a calzón quitado, gustaba de anidar en las estaciones de tren en sus pausas de refresco. Allí empezaban o terminaban tragedias y romances, huidas y retornos, traiciones y ausencias. La vida, se decía, es una estación de tren en la que uno casi siempre se sube, o le suben, al vagón equivocado.

gracias a Alicia, había aprendido al menos dos cosas ùltiles que le servirían para siempre, si es que vivía para contarlo. La primera era mentir. La segunda, y esta aún la sentía en carne viva, era que los juramentos eran un poco como los corazones: roto el primero, los demàs resultaban pan comido.

Esto no es como Roma. Aquí sí se paga a traidores

I'm not the first or the last to stand on a hillock, watching the man she married prove to the world he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock. - Mrs Icarus

Did he think Brendan planned to snatch the laptop and throw it down a crevasse in a glacier?

Living in harmony with truth means you are not harboring secrets or hiding behind old wounds, not betraying yourself or others.

Una de las mayores fuentes de sufrimiento es traicionarse a uno mismo: sentir o pensar de un modo y actuar de otro, sabiendo perfectamente que estás yendo en contra de ti mismo.

But I have not openly admitted that breaking my word or lying are acts of darkness.

You aren't a nice cowboy. Are you going to break my heart so bad that I have to write a country song about it?

Deceived wives could purchase a gun, take lessons, and receive a cheating-husband hunting license complete with a big red A label to tie to the man's zipper after the kill. Open season could be scheduled months in advance to give the husbands a fighting chance. They could hide in refuges or stay home and take their chances at being shot through the living room window as they watched Monday Night Football.

How did I fail my son so much that he'd betray what we believe? What great sin have I committed that I have to bear this burden?

Marriage is built on trust and respect, and when that's gone, it's like sticking dynamite under the foundation of a house and expecting it to go on standing.

Agnes shook a finger at her. "Stop your caterwauling. I didn't poison you. I just used five bars of Ex-Lax in a pan of fudge. And I mixed Miralax with the milk so I wouldn't have to put in that pinch of salt. It was guaranteed to start working in one hour or less. Didn't miss it by much, did it? If you die tomorrow morning, we can bury you in a shoebox, Violet Prescott, because you won't be full of shit no more.

nothing to offer anymore. That you were becoming a respectable citizen. And you wanted to be close to your mama's spirit," she said. "Pretty smart for a kid." Seth grinned. "So what happened when Jesse came home?" she asked. "Jesse never did acknowledge the baby he'd produced. He married his