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• Man who betrayed you once would betray you twice.

  Ken Follett

  Men, Betrayed

  Ken Follett (2010). “Code to Zero”, p.143, Pan Macmillan

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• I can't bring myself to trust you. But even if you were to betray me, and even if you were to become my enemy... would it be okay for me to love? Could you... let me love you?

  Ryohgo Narita

  Love You, Enemy, Let Me

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• There is nothing you can do except try to write it the way that it was. So you must write each day better than you possibly can and use the sorrow that you have now to make you know how the early sorrow came. And you must always remember the things you believed because if you know them they will be there in the writing and you won’t betray them. The writing is the only progress you make.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Writing, Sorrow, Progress

  Ernest Hemingway (2002). “The Garden of Eden”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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• She was like a mother to me...and I betrayed as a daughter will betray her mother and yet, never stop loving her.

  Philippa Gregory

  Daughter, Mother, Betrayed

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• No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.

  Alethea Kontis

  Broken Heart, Men, Grieving

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.244, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• At the snowy summit of all these things, however, is the fact that you simply cannot go about locking your siblings in towers when they misbehave. It is unseemly and betrays a sad lack of creativity.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Sibling, Creativity, Towers

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• It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in allegory the basic themes and problems of his life.

  Thomas Mann

  Men, Self, Way

  Thomas Mann (1995). “The magic mountain: a novel”, Random House, Inc.

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• If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that.

  Kim Harrison

  Said, Fingers, Ifs

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• For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions.

  Coco Chanel

  Betrayal, Passion

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• weeping...betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.

  Jon Krakauer

  Loss, Mind, Irreparable

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• The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Art, Passion, Men

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.383, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Memory is the only afterlife I have ever believed in. But the forgetting inside us cannot be stopped. We are programmed to betray.

  Michael Ignatieff

  Memories, Afterlife, Forget

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• There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.

  Jerzy Kosinski

  Real, Want, Firsts

  Jerzy Kosinski (1975). “The devil tree”

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• It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you.

  Nicole Krauss

  Children, World, Unforgettable Moments

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.93, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because saying, 'Hey, is that only six donuts?' would betray their donut experience. It's not great for your career to be known as the person who can spot the difference between six and seven donuts at a glance.

  Max Barry

  Monday, Morning, Careers

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• I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger... and I still loved her. I still do.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Hurt, Pain, Betrayal

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.283, Macmillan

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• There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into the hands of his enemy, when he trusts you. You can break a promise. The question is, if you do any of those things, are you also betraying yourself?

  Jodi Picoult

  Hands, Promise, Enemy

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.499, Simon and Schuster

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• I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you.

  John Green

  Play, Strings

  John Green (2010). “Paper Towns”, p.108, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Envy, Enemy, Overcoming

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• Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. It can be so, sometimes.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Doe, May, Traitor

  "The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings".

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• The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.

  Guy de Maupassant

  Ignorance, Secret, Obstacles

  Guy de Maupassant (2016). “Bel Ami”, p.8, Guy de Maupassant

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