Sydney J. Harris Quotes

Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone.

Betrayal was a stone beneath a mattress of thr bed you shared, something you felt digging into you no matter how you shifted position. What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

When you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul.

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

Did you really think I would sell you out?

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.

Those whose deeds have once incurred our hatred, can never become entitled to our regard; nor can those who have once merited our affection ever after absolutely cancel their claim.

There are times when you should never give a cheater a second chance, but there also are exceptions.

When I was growing up, I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect, and sharing. But I discovered that unfortunately, you have people who aren't behaving in the same way but have hatred.

Some people you can forgive and forget. Some people you cannot forgive or forget. There are other people you can forgive and not forget. So there's people you can forgive and forget. Forgive and not forget. It depends on what they've done.

The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- vampires, my parents, everything. He’d told me my parents lied. I yelled at him for it. He forgave me. He told me vampires were killers. I told him they weren’t, even after one stalked Raquel. He told me Charity was dangerous. I didn’t listen, and she killed Courtney. He told me vampires were treacherous, and did I get the message? Not until my illusions had been destroyed by my parents’ confession.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.

What's said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.

Lies require commitment.

I don't see how you can give someone who lied to the extent that he did a second chance in the same line of work.

You were destroyed by what you befriended.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

Those who betray me only do so once.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.