Quotes About Betrayal

Hurtful words send the message—both to ourselves and to those with whom we share them—that we can't be trusted. If someone is willing to tear down one "friend," why wouldn't she be willing to disparage another? Gossip means we haven't emboldened ourselves to talk directly to the people we take issue with, so we belittle them. Playwright Jules Feiffer calls it committing little murders: Gossip is an assassination attempt by a coward.

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.

Contrary to popular opinion, a man can shut love out if he wants to. But to do so, he must free himself not only from the woman who has bewitched him but also from the third person in the story, the ghost who has put temptation in his way.

Nadie confía en nadie, todo el mundo espera alguna bajeza del prójimo.

Knowing that she doesn't love me hurts so much that I'd rather think she was taken against her will, which in turn makes me think of how I want to kill those bastards. Our ancestors used to torture criminals before they executed them—it's in times like these that one truly understands the importance of tradition.

They've been taping your phone conversations for four years." He lay down again, weeping silently. "I want to die," he said.

You must be joking! What exactly could they be laughing about?" "Well, I didn't hear it directly, of course. Kenan told Füsun. And she told me…. And she was quite upset, too. Apparently it's general knowledge at Satsat that every night at quitting time, you and Sibel would meet there for a romp on the divan in the corner office. This is what all the snickering was about." "What's happened now?

Pavlik denounced his father's crimes, and when Trofim shouted out, 'It's me, your father,' the boy told the judge: 'Yes, he used to be my father, but I no longer consider him my father. I am not acting as a son, but as a Pioneer.

Darkness... When everything that you know and love... is taken from you so harshly... all you can think about is anger, hatred, and even revenge... and no one can save you.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.

We're the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, but we eat the little bastards alive.

She likes us," said Umbo. "I know, I could feel it too," said Rigg. "She's really glad to have us here. I think she loves us like her own children." "Whom she murdered and cut up into the stew." "They were delicious.

Well, I'm your man. I'm the bloody bastard you wanted when you had me spawned. I'm your tool, and what difference does it make if I hate the part of me that you most need? What difference does it make that when the little serpents killed me in the game, I agreed with them, and was glad.

Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.

You don't know how to love people. You only know how to own them. And because people will never act just like you want them to, Mother, you'll always feel betrayed. And because eventually everybody dies, you'll always feel cheated. But you're the cheat, Mother. You're the one who uses our love for us to try to control us.

He kissed her and killed her then dumped her body in the river.

Well, I'm your man. I'm the bloody bastard you wanted when you had me spawned. I'm your tool, and what difference does it make if I hate the part of me that you most need? What difference does it make that when the little serpents killed me in the game, I agreed with them, and was glad.

Those eyes had seen people weep, and had cared, and had hurt them again anyway. It's a look that no human eyes should ever have.

Orson Scott Card

When Achilles is most useful and loyal to you, that is when he has most certainly betrayed you"?

To have Achilles's gratitude was clearly a terminal disease.

I sold my brother," Valentine said, "and they paid me for it.

I had forgotten the first rule of diplomacy: Russians are never more cooperative than when they are about to betray you.