Betrayed Quotes

“You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! You have been delayed but not denied. You are not a victim, you are a victor. You have a history of victory.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Nuns freak me out.”
― P.C. Cast, Untamed

“Die Dorkamese Twins.”
― P.C. Cast, Untamed

“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
― Rob Liano

“When the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember this: Love is blind.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Let truth be told - women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an interested eye. While there's life there's hope is a connviction not so entirely unknown to the" betrayed "as some amiable theorists would have us believe.”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another," I want to know why!”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When someone you loved finds no flattery in the gift you gave them then you must ask yourself," What was worth loving?”
― Shannon Alder

“Damien has died and gone straight to boy heaven,' Shaunee said as soon as we were out of earshot
'Hey it's about time those kid stop acting like ignorant rednecks and behaved like they had some sense,' I said.
'She doesn't mean that, even though we agree with you,' Erin said 'She means Mr Jack the cute-gay-new-kid Twist.
'Now why in the world would you think he's gay?' Stevie Ray asked.
'Stevie Rae, I swear you have got to broaden your horizons, girl,' Shaunee said.
'Okay, I'm lost too. Why do you think Jack's gay?' I asked.
Shaunee and Erin shared a long-suffering look, then Erin explained. Jack Twist is yummy Jake Gyllenhaal's totally gay cowboy character from Brokeback Mountain.'
'And please just please! Anyone who chooses that name and who looks all geeky like that is totally, completely playing for Damian's team.'
'Huh' I said.
'Well, I'll be 'Stevie Rae said 'you know i never did see that movie. It didn't come to the Cinema 8 in Henrietta.'
'You don't say?' Shaunee said.
'Please. I'm so shocked,' Erin said.
'Do guys kiss in it?'
'Deliciously' Shaunee and Erin said together.
I tried, but failed miserably not laugh at the look on Stevie Rae’s Face.”
― P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

“You love me, and-'

'Loved,' I correct him, sidestepping so I can get some fucking space and then taking it.

'Love!' he shouts, stopping me in my tracks and earning us a glance from every rider within hearing distance. 'You love me.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“I have, he went on, betrayed myself with
belief, deluded myself with love
tricked myself with sex.

the bottle is damned faithful, he said,
the bottle will not lie”
― Charles Bukowski, Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit

“Kidnapping is a national past time to these Scots and they do it for the sheer pleasure of making each other miserable.”
― Claire Robyns

“When your trust has been betrayed, the only thing to do is live, learn and let go. Otherwise the betrayal done by another will turn into hate for them. But they will not feel this hate, it will only hurt you more, growing bigger and darker. So, live, learn and let go. By living, it means they did not hurt you so deep that you can not move forward. Learn, learn to not trust this person again, and to make more of a sound judgement in the future. Letting go doesn’t mean forgetting. It means that you have let go of the pain it caused. And by not forgetting, you will learn and move forward from the betrayal of the past.”
― S.L. Vaden

“You said you love me, how could words be so empty”
― Nomzamo Nhlumayo

“Your enemy will always plan to destroy you in any way possible thus take care of your friends, he may use them.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“An enemy cannot betray you, as you already expect your enemy to try to bring you down. Only a trusted" friend, "acquaintance, or family member can betray you, and that is what truly makes betrayal so hurtful and sad.”
― Bohdi Sanders, Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence

“I’ve helped you when I could, Caine. I’ve done all of it. I kept you alive and changed your filthy crap-stained sheets when the Darkness held you. I betrayed Jack for you. I’ve betrayed everyone for you. I ate…God forgive me, I ate human flesh to stay with you, Caine!”
Something flickered in Caine’s cold gaze.
“I won’t stay with you for this,”
― Michael Grant, Lies

“Lies destroy. But, you don’t have to stay broken forever.”
― Marjory Sheba

“No betrayal is so big that God’s commitment to us and presence within us is not bigger.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“To overdose is almost like being betrayed by your lover, your greatest friend, your confidante. The substance is your idol, your ultimate satisfaction, the
thing that fuels you in life and keeps you going. If it is given a place in your life, it will fight relentlessly until it becomes the supreme substance of your life. An innocent puff, a momentary euphoria, will eventually become more valuable than every other thing. It starts off as a fling, but the one-night stand gets you pregnant, and in a moment, the course of your entire life is altered.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“More you bludgeon me, more I burn with a cosmic glow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“When you hammered those blades, you imbued them- the two swords and the dagger- with your power. The Cauldron's power. They're now magic blades. And I'm not talking nice, pretty magic. I'm talking big, ancient magic that hasn't been seen in a long, long time. There are no magic weapons left. None. They were either lost or destroyed or dumped in the sea. But you just Made three of them. You created a new Dread Trove. You could create even more objects, if you wished.'

Her brows rose higher with each absurd word. 'I Made three magic weapons?'

'We don't know yet what manner of magic you have, but yes.'

She angled her head. Emerie and Gwyn halted their chatting at the water station, as if they could see or sense the shift in her. And it wasn't the fact that she'd Made these weapons that hit like a blow.

'Who is "we"?'

'What?'

'You said "We don't know what manner of magic they have." Who is "we"?'

'Rhys and Feyre and the others.'

'And how long have all of you known about this?'

He winced as he realised his error. 'I... Nesta...'

'How long?' Her voice became sharp as glass. The priestesses were watching, and she didn't care.

He did, apparently. 'This isn't the place to talk about it.'

'You're the one trying to coax a name out of me in the middle of training!' She gestured to the ring.

Her blood pounded in her ears, and Cassian's face grew pained. 'This isn't coming out the way it should. We argued about whether to tell you, but we took a vote and it went in your favour. Because we trust you. I just... hadn't gotten a chance to bring it up yet.'

'There was a possibility you wouldn't even tell me? You all sat around and judged me, and then you voted?' Something deep in her chest cracked to know that every horrible thing about her had been analyzed.

'It... Fuck.' Cassian reached for her, but she stepped back. Everyone was staring now. 'Nesta, this isn't...'

'Who. Voted. Against me.'

'Rhys and Amren.'

'It landed like a physical blow. Rhys came as no surprise. But Amren, who had always understood her more than the others; Amren who'd been unafraid of her; Amren with whom she'd quarrelled so badly... Some small part of her had hoped Amren wouldn't hate her forever.

Her head went quiet. Her body went quiet.

Cassian's eyes widened. 'Nesta-'

'I'm fine,' she said coldly. 'I don't care.'

She let him see her fortify those steel walls within her mind. Used every bit of Mind-Stilling she'd practiced with Gwyn to become calm, focused, steady. Breathing in through her nose, out through her mouth.

She made a show of rolling her shoulders, of approaching Emerie and Gwyn, whose faces bunched with concern in a way Nesta knew she didn't deserve, in a way that she knew would only day vanish, when they, too, realised what a wretch she was. When Amren told them what a pathetic waste of life she was, or they heard it from someone else, and they ceased being her friends. She wouldn't if they'd even say it to her face, or if they'd just disappear.

'Nesta,' Cassian said again. But she left the ring without looking back at him.

Emerie was on her heels instantly, trailing her down the stairs. 'What's wrong?'

'Nothing,' Nesta said, her own voice foreign to her ears. 'Court business.'

'Are you all right?' Gwyn asked, a step behind Emerie.

No. She couldn't stop the roaring in her head, the cracking in her chest. 'Yes,' she lied, and didn't look back as she hit the landing and vanished down the hall.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Widows are like war heroes, people who have seen their loved ones die in their arms, and yet picked up and kept marching up the hill.”
― Adam McHugh

“Oh no. I'm willing to stand here and take everything else you said to me because I figured you've got a right. But you don't get to say I betrayed you.”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“Sometimes, the ones who promise to catch you when you fall are the same ones who pushed you off the ledge.”
― Carlos Wallace, Why Sell Lies When The Truth Is Free

“Betrayal is the echo of a shattered promise, reverberating through the chambers of the heart.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, The Rhythm of Betrayal

“Betrayal is the whispered lie that drowns the melody of truth, silencing the symphony of the soul.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, The Rhythm of Betrayal

“The sting of betrayal outlasts the sweetness of deceit, leaving only the bitter aftertaste of regret.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, The Rhythm of Betrayal

“Betrayal is not a single act, but a crack in the mirror of loyalty, reflecting shards of shattered trust”
― Andrew Pacholyk, The Rhythm of Betrayal