Gena Showalter Quotes

I am stuffing your mouth with your promises and watching you vomit them out upon my face.

Only betrayal can counter betrayal.

A lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

Husbands lie, Masha. I should know; I've eaten my share. That's lesson one. Lesson number two: among the topics about which a husband is most likely to lie are money, drink, black eyes, political affiliation, and women who squatted on his lap before and after your sweet self.

You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes.

I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.

Everyone always asks, was he mad at you for writing the book? and I have to say, Yes, yes, he was. He still is. It is one of the most fascinating things to me about the whole episode: he cheated on me, and then got to behave as if he was the one who had been wronged because I wrote about it! I mean, it's not as if I wasn't a writer. It's not as if I hadn't often written about myself. I'd even written about him. What did he think was going to happen? That I would take a vow of silence for the first time in my life? "

Deceit and lying make me feel vulnerable.

If your husband is cheating on you, it doesn't mean that you need to get prettier -- it means he's a scumbag.

You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back what's mine.

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.

There's so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it's sometimes far worse to emotionally cheat on somebody.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

All the enemies upon the face of the earth may roar and exert all their power to bring about my death, but they can accomplish nothing, unless some who are among us and enjoy our society, have been with us in our councils, participated in our confidence, taken us by the hand, called us brother, saluted us with a kiss, join with our enemies, turn our virtues into faults, and, by falsehood and deceit, stir up their wrath and indignation against us, and bring their united vengeance upon our heads.... We have a Judas in our midst.

Arnold is a traitor, and has fled to the British! Whom can we trust now?

Is there any way we can screw him?

When I was in high school, I hid in the back seat of an old boyfriend's car when he was out with another girl. He finally found me, but not until after he had made out with her for an hour.