Quotes About Distrust

This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.

The root of war is fear.

The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in.

In fact, Duncan wouldn't be the least bit surprised to hear his brother say something like, "Hand over the bimbo before someone gets hurt.

In case you're not bright enough to figure it out, there's a real upside to having a sinner like me answer your phone. I lie, and your conscience stays clear.

NEVER TRUST ANYTHING THAT BLEEDS 5 DAYS A MONTH AND DOESN'T DIE

We betray ourselves, don't we? In the end, we have no need for enemies.

Nobody is more of a patriot than I am, but I've very little confidence in politicians and even less confidence in wars.

How did you know?' she asked as he sat her on her feet inside the door. 'I didn't. This was just in case.' he lied, this man who'd had women pursuing him since his adolescence…

She would be a tough one to win over. He saw it in the way she quickly hooded her feelings, snatching them in whenever they wandered. She didn't trust easily and depended only on herself

wrong about Jenny always wearing it. She could have taken it off, packed it away, or buried it in the backyard.

People will always distrust what they don't understand. And what they distrust, they cannot

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

He was convincing. Lying as cultural attribute. A hazard of the job. And I fell for it. It did not occur to me that he lies simply because he likes it. Lies to bosses. Lies on the stand. He boasts about it. Lies under oath. It's called testilying, he'd told me. Lies to women, especially to women. Starting with his mother and working his way through all of us. His wife. The doll collection. He couldn't be bothered to tell the truth.

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." - Katniss.

Afraid of everything. If the people who were supposed to protect you played so fast and loose with your life . . . then how did you survive? Not by trusting them, that was for sure. And if you couldn't trust them, who could you trust? All bets were off.

Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. I don't care. I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.

Finnick:" Good to see you, Peeta." Peeta:" You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you." It could be a joke, if the tone wasn't so cold. Everything it conveys is wrong. The open distrust of Finnick, the implication that Peeta has his eye on Annie, that Annie could desert Finnick, that I do not even exist. Finnick:"Oh Peeta," says Finnick lightly. "Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.

Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat.

I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. & he has betrayed me

If the people who were supposed to protect you played so fast and loose with your life . . . then how did you survive? Not by trusting them, that was for sure.

I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good.