“But if we betray B., for whom we betrayed A., it does not necessarily follow that we have placated A. The life… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Those who feel guilty contemplating "betraying" the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I find it most offensive that the character of Reason, whom [ Jean den Meun (author of the Romance of the Rose… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
It's enough for a small betrayal, a distancing, an affirmation of independence to provoke wrath, fear and also hatred from the adult.… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“That's the catch about betrayal, of course: that it feels good, that there's something immensely pleasurable about moving from a complicated relationship… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Prostitution reinforces all the old dumb clichés about women's sexuality; that they are not built to enjoy sex and are little more… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“But she doesn’t love him.” Mrs. Plumtree cast him a searching glance. “How do you know?” Because she spent the afternoon in… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“You don’t know what it means to be betrayed! Should I explain it to you? It means to be treated like trash… — Yuuki Obata Copy Share Image
“No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows it’s own weaknesses, the exact placement of the heart. The… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
Poland remains undzer heym, our home, no matter how bitter the memories, how filled with disappointment and betrayal. Amerike iz goles, America… — Irena Klepfisz Copy Share Image
“When faced with difficulties, a humble, understanding, appreciative and selfless person finds it easy to win a friend. On the other hand,… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“A life of hardship and personal suffering is unavoidable. A person must endure many humiliations of the mind and body, and expect… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The time approaches That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have and what we owe. Thoughts… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Philip Galanes has fashioned a novel both bleak and funny about a young man's struggle to sort out his troubled love: the… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“A competitive and insecure woman will tell you that “true love” is never giving up on someone you're in love with. A… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Sometimes love is taken away unjustly, but not until the very end do you stop believing and then it is very bitter.… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes… Sometimes doubt is the opposite of faith, but sometimes doubt can be a pathway to faith. Sometimes weakness is the opposite… — David W. Jones Copy Share Image
I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The House of Lords has many fine aspects, but at its heart, it is a betrayal of the core democratic principle that… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
[Nowhere was the feeling of bewilderment and betrayal stronger than among Clinton's political allies -- from cabinet members to White House aides… — Mike McCurry Copy Share Image
“When one man has been under very remarkable obligations to another, with whom he subsequently quarrels, a common sense of decency, as… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I think in the end, you would have stayed with me, out of obligation...or maybe comfort. Maybe I was safe to you,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Crush your individuality first. Shake off the dreams of personal comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
“...True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“If/Then: The Dagger Parable by Stewart Stafford I handed her the dagger solemnly, She took it with a wounded look, Behind my… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Gemma, I’m not going to hurt you.” His voice is as smooth as silk as he winds around the bed, his radiant,… — jessica sorensen Copy Share Image
“The clock ticks; the taunting rhythm serving as a reminder that forward is the only way we can go. The mechanical heartbeat… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Learning what to hold on to and what to release is one of life’s most delicate and ongoing lessons. ... Letting go… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image
“Most of our brains are out, but it is good what they did for themselves by leaving this country. They are Cameroon’s… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I wondered if parents had an easier time with the secrets their children kept than children did with the secrets of their… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“May she wake in torment!" he cried, with frightful vehemence, stamping his foot, and groaning in a sudden paroxysm of ungovernable passion.… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
“Assigning degrees of blame to betrayal is a difficult project, much like deciding which of two murderers has the more wicked heart.… — Galt Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
To say that the U.K. could have no part to play in improving a justice system different to our own, but which… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
“After more than a thousand years," he continued, "an enemy finally broke through. Not because of superior firepower. Not because the Manchus… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, instead of being hurt, you should look at betrayal as a gift. It makes it that much easier to sweep it… — Donna Schoenrock Copy Share Image
![“I find it most offensive that the character of Reason, whom [ Jean den Meun (author of the Romance of the Rose )] himself calls the daughter of God, should put forth such a statement as ... where she says by way of a proverb that "in the war of Love it is better to deceive than be deceived." And…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c92/christine-de-pizan-13257_betrayal_i-find-it-most-offensive-that-the-charac_1111314.jpg)
