Love Betray Quotes
betrayal, in relationships, refers to the act of violating another's trust or faith. This betrayal can come in many forms, such as infidelity, deception, or simple neglect. Regardless of the type of betrayal, it can cause significant emotional pain and distress. As a result, people often look for quotes about betrayal to help them cope with the resulting emotions. Below, we have compiled a list of love betray quotes to help readers cope with the pain caused by betrayal.
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"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." – William Blake
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"It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you." – David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary
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"Yet each man kills the thing he lovesBy each let this be heardSome do it with a bitter lookSome with a flattering wordThe coward does it with a kissThe brave man with a sword" – Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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"For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first." – Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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"If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind." – Shannon L. Alder
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"I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray." – Albert Camus, The Fall
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"We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves. Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare." – Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
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"You teach me now how cruel you've been – cruel and false. Why did you despise me? Why did you betray your own heart, Cathy? I have not one word of comfort. You deserve this. You have killed yourself. Yes, you may kiss me, and cry; and wring out my kisses and tears: they'll blight you – they'll damn you. You loved me – what right had you to leave me? What right – answer me – for the poor fancy you felt for Linton? Because misery, and degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will did it. I have no broken your heart – you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. So much the worse for me that I am strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you – Oh, God? would you like to lie with your soul in the grave?" – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
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"What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!" "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!"
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"I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…" He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. “I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.” – Marissa Meyer, Scarlet
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"Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime." – Mineko Iwasaki
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"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." – Sherrilyn Kenyon, Invincible
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"It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it…." – Nicole Richie
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"To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal." – Malcolm X
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"Ah," she cried, "you look so cool." Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table."You always look so cool," she repeated.She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.' – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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"When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?”“ – Shannon L. Alder
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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, The Final Empire
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"I think in the end, you would have stayed with me, out of obligation…or maybe comfort. Maybe I was safe to you, and you needed to feel that. I know how scared you get of the unknown. To you…I must be kind of a security blanket. Do you see now, how that doesn't work for me? I don't want to be there, simply because the idea of me being gone is too…scary. I want to be someone's everything. I want fire and passion, and love that's returned, equally. I want to be someone's heart… Even if it means breaking my own." – S.C. Stephens, Thoughtless
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"I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body." – Veronica Roth, Insurgent
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"You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you." – Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless
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"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." – George Orwell, 1984
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"A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart." – Shannon Alder
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"The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend." – Heather Brewer, Ninth Grade Slays
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"He, who had done more than any human being to draw her out of the caves of her secret, folded life, now threw her down into deeper recesses of fear and doubt. The fall was greater than she had ever known, because she had ventured so far into emotion and had abandoned herself to it." – Anaïs Nin
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"Betrayal is the only truth that sticks." – Arthur Miller
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"What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … That,’ Frederick said, 'is where the tragedy is.'" – M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
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"Some trust losses are necessary in life to grow." – Unknown
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"Only those you trust can betray you." – Terry Goodkind
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"Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it." – Christine Feehan
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"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved." – George Macdonald
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"Trust starts with truth and ends with truth." – Santosh Kalwar
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"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." – Ernest Hemingway
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"When trust is broken, sorry means nothing." – Unknown
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"Sometimes the people closest to you betray you, and your home isn’t a place you can be happy anymore." – P.C. Cast
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"I thought of betrayal and how it came so easily—in a word, a glance, a gesture." – Juliet Marillier
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"Relationships are tricky. People change over time. And once you’ve been betrayed, it’s difficult to trust again." – Unknown
