Russell Banks Quotes

Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

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

Did you really think I would sell you out?

Do not betray the people.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

I've had friends who've lied to me, I've had friends who've done things behind my back, I've had people steal from me - and it doesn't stop me from trusting.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed, but thats quite hard to say casually, at the beginning of a relationship. It’s not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it. By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, and then being on somebody else’s.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.

Faithful found among the faithless.

It is heartbreaking to me that I wasn't told the truth. I'm a very loyal guy, and I expect loyalty in return. And lying to me is not an exhibition of loyalty.

Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?

Who keeps on loving you when you've been lying, saying things that ain't what they seem? God does, but I don't. God will, but I won't.

I'd lie for you and that's the truth.

Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him...and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love.

You won't do our things with another girl, or say the same things, will you?

The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.

Man who betrayed you once would betray you twice.

Betrayal would be a different sort of sick.

The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast.

True liars never love. True lovers never lie.

Loyalty isn't standing by someone when he's right - that's good judgment. Loyalty is standing by someone when he's wrong.