Daniel Handler Quotes

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

I've walked away from more climbs than I can count, just because I sensed that things were not quite right.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.

Truth is often attended with danger

I hope, George, that you know what you're doing.

Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.

You lie like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth, Edward." He smiled. "I don't lie to you." "Really," I said. The smile became a grin. "Okay, not most of the time, anymore." His face sobered. "I'm not lying now.

Safer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

If someone's lying about something small, you don't know what else they're lying about. I'm a big girl, I can handle the truth - even if it's not good news.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.

A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends.

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.

We keep secrets from people that we love because we're afraid of our own truth. I think sometimes we're afraid to hurt people, because you never know. I think we're afraid of what is, and what can't be.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

The more you trust, the more you create trust..

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

I'm not good at keeping secrets.