quotations about betrayal
No failure in Life, whether of love or money, is ever really that simple; it usually involves a type of a shadowy betrayal, buried in a secret, mass grave of shared hopes and dreams.
JOSÉ N. HARRIS
Mi Vida
How often do men betray those who have loved them; what an absolute littleness of soul. There is no character so despicable as the one who can betray a trust that has been entrusted to him.
HARRIET LEE
attributed, Day's Collacon
I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting.
VERONICA ROTH
Insurgent
Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don't let them take that from you.
SHERRILYN KENYON
Invincible
Never be silent with the person you love and distrust ... silence betrays.
L.M. MONTGOMERY
Emily's Quest
'Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read, in story old,
Of maiden true betray'd for gold,
That loved, or was avenged, like me!
WALTER SCOTT
Marmion
Can't you see the pain in my eyes?
Can't you see the betrayal in disguise?
I can't live with all your lies again
I can't trust anything even you my friend
KORN
"The Past"
In the middle of the night
In the heart of every desperate night
A hunger to feel welcome
Out in the bedrooms of the world
I see the implications
The betrayal and the hurt
But in the middle of the night
In the middle of every desperate night
Who'll know?
GENE
"Sub Rosa"
Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
Diary
So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and will broken. It sapped your tears and made you hollow.
ANNA GODBERSEN
Rumors
Look. What happened, that was just business. Personal betrayal I can understand. But never betrayal of one's people you serve, or your country.
NGUYEN KHANH
attributed, "A Bag of Earth, A Promise to Keep", Viet Weekly, April 28, 2005
It is hard, I found, to be called traitor. Strange how hard it is, for it's an easy name to call another man.
URSULA K. LE GUIN
The Left Hand of Darkness
I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.
ALBERT CAMUS
The Fall
Be silent and safe--silence never betrays you.
J.B. O'REILLY
Rules of the Road
Betrayal's bible is handmade and heavyweight, and best of all it's open ended.
JAWBOX
"Excandescent"
Betrayal does that -- betrays the betrayer.
ERICA JONG
Becoming Light
Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
A Song of Ice and Fire
Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her? Never mind physically, but betray her in his mind, in the very 'poetry of his soul. ' Well, it's not easy, but men do it all the time.
MARIO PUZO
Fools Die
Those that are betrayed do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Cymbeline
Touch. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. By touch we are betrayed and betray others ... an accidental brushing of shoulders or touching of hands ... hands laid on shoulders in a gesture of comfort that lies like a thief, that takes, not gives, that wants, not offers, that awakes, not pacifies. When one flesh is waiting, there is electricity in the merest contact.
WALLACE STEGNER
Angle of Repose