J. K. Rowling Quotes

Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. "Wait! Just wait," she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. "I know you, Artemis. You like to play your genius card close to your chest until the big reveal. And that's worked out for us so far. But this time you need to let me in. I can help. So, tell me the truth, do you have a plan?" Artemis met his friend's gaze and lied to her face. "No," he said. "No plan.

You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the back.

You promised you wouldn't tell her," she says, pointing at me. "What happened to protecting her?" "I changed my mind," I say. Tris laughs, harshly,"That's what you told him, that he would be protecting me? That's a pretty skillful manipulation. Well done.

No, it was honest," said Harry. "One of the only honest things you've said to me. You don't care whether I live or die, but you do care that I help you convince everyone you're winning the war against Voldemort.

Today I feel more betrayed than perhaps ever before, that someone who had got to know my children, my staff and me, whom I let into my heart and told the truth, could then sacrifice the trust I placed in him and produce this terrible and unfair program.

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.

Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda... and woke up with me.

Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for.

If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

To tell an ally - who is shedding blood next to you - that you can't share information is a crime.

Tell never thy counsel to thy foe.

Politics—where they pat you on the back so they'll know where to stick the knife.

Treat your friends as if they were going to be your enemies one day.

My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.

When you love someone, or when someone is special to you, there are situations where little white lies are necessary.

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you.” From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel)

Nico drank from the chalice, then offered it to Jason. "You asked me about trust, and taking a risk? Well, here you go, son of Jupiter. How much do you trust me?" Frank wasn't sure what Nico was talking about, but Jason didn't hesitate. He took the cup and drank.