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• It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding

  Steig Larsson

  Men, People, Avoiding

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• If it rusts, it can never be trusted
  If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him
  Yes, pride is
  Like a blade.

  Tite Kubo

  Pride, Cutting, Bleach

  "Bleach". Manga Series by Tite Kubo, August 20, 2001–August 22, 2016.

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• of being strong and brave. The strong can not be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspirational, Strong, Practice

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

  Elie Wiesel

  Men, Sacred, Sparks

  Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.8, Macmillan

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

  Suzanne Collins

  Hands, Betrayed, Haymitch

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.302, Scholastic

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• You do trust him, though, Giddon?" "Holt, who is stealing your sculptures and is of questionable mental health?" "Yes." "I trusted him five minutes ago. Now I'm at a bit of a loss." "Your opinion five minutes ago is good enough for me.

  Kristin Cashore

  Loss, Sculpture, Opinion

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.143, Penguin

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• How will the ships navigate without stars? And then he remembered that the stars were dead, long dead, and the light they shed was not to be trusted, was false, if not an outright lie, and in any case was inadequate, unequal to its task, which was to illuminate the evil that men did.

  Jeet Thayil

  Stars, Lying, Men

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• a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hate, Men

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1708, Bantam

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• I kept my eyes open on the ride home. Peeking over Lucas's shoulder, i watched the scenery fly by-and it was exhilarating, not frightening. I trusted him. I had since that first night, when i let him drive me home.

  Tammara Webber

  Home, Eye, Night

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• And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm's length whenever possible.

  Sarah Dessen

  Lying, Giving, Guy

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.97, Penguin

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• If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth. The worst part is staying in the room after you've broken the news, so that you're forced to be there when someone's life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn't bother them - such people are not to be trusted.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Jobs, People, Broken

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.83, Del Rey

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• But I trusted him once and I decide to do it again. I just pray to God he doesn’t shove me down and break me, because I’m already in too many pieces and I just don’t know how much more breaking I can take.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Pieces, Down And, Praying

  Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden”, p.41, Hachette UK

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• As we continued to talk, going through the motions of getting to know each other, I realized that we already did know each other, as well as any two people could. We’d known each other for years, in the most intimate way possible. We’d connected on a purely mental level. I understood her, trusted her, and loved her as a dear friend. None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as inconsequential as her gender, or skin color, or sexual orientation.

  Ernest Cline

  Two, Skin Color, Years

  Ernest Cline (2011). “Ready Player One”, p.321, Random House

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• However, he also trusted me to make my own decisions. Contradicting me or telling me what to do wasn't in his nature - even though he secretly may have wanted to.

  Richelle Mead

  Decision, May, Contradicting

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• People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.

  James A. Baldwin

  People, Treated, Various

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• My death could, in fact, save him. If it can't, no matter. It's enough to die of spite. To punish Haymitch, who, of all the people in this rotting world, has turned Peeta and me into pieces in his Games. I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. And he has betrayed me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hands, Games, People

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.389, Scholastic Inc.

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• He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Sidney Sheldon (2012). “Memories of Midnight”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

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• I'd begun to think that he'd given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated me even. And the idea of losing him forever, my best friend, the only person I'd ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn't stand it.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Ideas, Forever

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.26, Scholastic Inc.

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• The lamp sizzled as it burned. It made everything seem close and safe, a little family circle they all knew and trusted. Outside this circle lay everything that was strange and frightening, and the darkness seemed to reach higher and higher and further and further away, right to the end of the world.

  Tove Jansson

  Circles, Darkness, Lamps

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• She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as a I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fall.

  John Green

  Fall, Weight, Legs

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.79, A&C Black

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• My parents always liked it when I cursed in front of them. I could see the pleasure of it in their faces. It signified that I trusted them, that I was myself in front of them.

  John Green

  Parent, Faces, Pleasure

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.106, A&C Black

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• I have a feeling,’ he said, ‘I have a feeling that we were meant to be together. That we have fought the good fight, side by side, in the past or in the future, I do not know. I am a rational man, but I have learned the value of a good companion, and from the moment I clapped eyes on you, I knew I trusted you as well as I do myself. Yes, I want you with me.

  Neil Gaiman

  Eye, Fighting, Past

  Neil Gaiman, Steven-Elliot Altman, Brian Stableford (2003). “Shadows Over Baker Street”, p.15, Del Rey

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• ...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Memories, Past, Determined

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• Teenage boys cannot be trusted. Their intentions are not pure.

  Rachel Cohn

  Teenage, Boys, Intention

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.144, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Tuatha De do not walk the human realm alone. Actually, they don't walk alone much anywhere. Only the occasional rogue Fae will do so." "Like yourself?" "Yes Most of my kind have no fondness for solitude. Those who walk alone are not to be trusted." "Really," she said dryly. "Except for me," he amended, with a faint, insouciant grin.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Solitude, Fae, Rogues

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