Betrayal Quotes

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. (Arthur Miller)
We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. View quote
Tennessee Williams
At the end of what is called the sexual life the only love which has lasted is the love which has everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship. View quote
Graham Greene
The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil. View quote
Margaret Atwood
Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing of ecstasy at all. View quote
Jean Genet
Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. View quote
John le Carré
You can quickly go from having passion and love to passion and hate when an act of betrayal happens. View quote
Robert Sternberg
Everyone thinks you're so strong and self-confident, but inside you're a frightened child, waiting to suffer betrayal again from those who should love you most. View quote
Christina Dodd
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. View quote
Sean Lennon
And I think within the pages of The Betrayal of America I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush. View quote
Vincent Bugliosi
Betrayal is beautiful. (Jean Genet)
[partition of Ireland], ... the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back the wheels of progress, would destroy the oncoming unity of the Irish labour movement and paralyse all advanced movements while it lasted. View quote
James Connolly
By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, then being on somebody else's. View quote
Jeanette Winterson
Betrayal does that -- betrays the betrayer. View quote
Erica Jong
The betrayal of a belief is not the same thing as ceasing to believe. If this were not so there would be no moral standards in the world at all. View quote
James Baldwin
Yes, no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves. View quote
Alfred Bester
Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal. View quote
George Orwell
Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. View quote
Louis Farrakhan
There comes a time when silence is betrayal. View quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. View quote
Sigmund Freud
O lovers Be careful in those dangerous first days Once youve brought breakfast in bed youll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal. (Milan Kundera)
If a life can be ruined in a single moment, a moment of betrayal, or violence, or ill luck, then why can a life not also be saved, be worth living, be made, by just a few pure moments of perfection? View quote
Marcus Sedgwick
Between lovers, betrayal is always the worst sin. View quote
Anthony Ryan
Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don't let them take that from you. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Let's just say I understand betrayal. And having been where he is, I know the explosion to come. Trust me. ‘Duck' won't quite cover it. (Sin) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon