"Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall." — Marisha Pessl

"Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall."

— Marisha Pessl

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77 Quotes by Marisha Pessl

Marisha Pessl has 77 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There was quantum mechanics, string theory, and then there was the most mind-bending frontier of the natural world, women.
I'm not afraid of total failure. In the end, we're all just food for worms, so what are we so…
It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again.
Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they're still good.
I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's…
Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to…
I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good…
I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply…
If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my family, they'd proclaim it astonishing…
In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were…
In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black…
Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find…

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More Betrayal Quotes

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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his… — Sarah Bernhardt
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. — Josh Billings
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. — William Blake
I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. — Lucien Bouchard
The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the… — Charles Bronson
I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other. — Taylor Caldwell
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. — Taylor Caldwell
You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of… — Caleb Carr
Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. — John le Carre
Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence. — Nick Cave
Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart. — Margaret Cho
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. — Deepak Chopra

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