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“When you
betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.”
-Isaac
Bashevis Singer
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“You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond
betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of hurt. And there isn't.”
-Caleb
Carr
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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than
to forgive a friend.”
- William Blake |
“We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against
betrayal.”
-Tennessee
Williams
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“It was a mistake," you said. But
the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.”
- David Levithan, |
“Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see
it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.”
-Louis
Farrakhan
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“For there to be betrayal, there would
have to have been trust first.”
-Suzanne Collins |
“Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.”
-Nick
Cave
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“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, |
“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.” - Malcolm |
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“Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you
love.”
-John
le Carre
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“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”
-Arthur
Miller
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“I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit.”
-Lucien
Bouchard
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“Some people
are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the
spotlight.”
-Lauren
Conrad
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“There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal
and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.”
-Sean
Lennon
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“I'd rather
betray the world than let the world betray me.”
-Cao Cao
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“Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of
that right.”
-William
Feather
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“You can't
betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.”
-Ed Harris
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“Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing
about ecstasy at all.”
-Jean
Genet
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“The
betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.”
-Aldrich
Ames
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“Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?”
-Jean
Renoir
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“To take
refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.”
-Peter
Nivio Zarlenga
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“When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling
of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.”
-Esther
Williams
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“To betray,
you must first belong.”
-Kim Philby
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“As a
writer, I have learned that each time I pick up my pencil I betray someone.”
-Terry
Tempest Williams
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“It's not your enemies who are
likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust.”
-Rachel Caine |
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“You are going to break your promise. I
understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not
hate you.”
-Catherynne M. Valente |
“We have to distrust each other. It's
our only defense against betrayal.”
-Tennessee Williams |
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“Betrayal is beautiful.”
- Jean Genet |
“I like
animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.”
-Taylor
Caldwell
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“Growth is betrayal.”
- John Updike |
“Love is
whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.”
-John le
Carre
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“To write is your last resort when
you've betrayed someone.”
- Jean Genet |
“Nature
never did betray the heart that loved her.”
-William
Wordsworth
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“Shattered legs may heal in time, but
some betrayals fester and poison the soul.”
-George R.R. Martin |
“A
fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally,
in the end, betray itself.”
-Livy
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“Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the
reason empires fall.”
- Marisha Pessl |
“Betrayal...
is my favorite subject.”
-Norman
Jewison
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“Deep down,
my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from
her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told.”
-Chaz Bono
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“Tales of
power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling
those in a big way, you automatically want to go to Shakespeare.”
-Beau
Willimon
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