Untrusting Quotes

“I may have trust issues, but some people seem to have an issue with the responsibility of being trusted.”
― Melchor Lim

“Of course you don’t trust Braith. You don’t trust anybody,” Ghleanna reminded their brother. “You don’t trust the air.”

“Because it tends to become unseasonably chilly when I’d prefer it to be warm. It’s as if it does it on purpose.”
― G.A. Aiken, A Tale of Two Dragons

“It's unsettling to meet people who don't eat apples.”
― Aimee Bender, The Color Master: Stories

“How can I shut down
If you don't open up??”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot & Columbine

“He might not want to hurt me, but that doesn't mean he won't.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“I am not yet in pain.

But I do not doubt that I will be.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“... his kindness was jarring and made me wonder what he wanted in return for it. I was used to tricks, to games.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“People want others to trust them, yet they have no single trust for themselves.”
― John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Everything you see is unreal'' & ''Everything you don,t see is real”
― Casper_thounaojam

“I've never been one to hold grudges. But forgiveness and trust are two very different things, not that I'm inclined to hand over either.”
― Melanie A. Smith, All of Me

“She sits up, and her smile is catlike---secretive, smug. Another reason I'm a dog person. Never trust a cat, they'll eat your face if you die. (I have no proof of this. Only a strong gut feeling.)”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After

“So you'll let Lucien take you on hunts and-'

'Lucien,' I interrupted quietly but not softly, 'doesn't pretend to be anything what he is.'

'What's that supposed to mean?' he growled, but his claws stayed retracted, even as he clenched his hands into fists at his sides.

I was definitely walking a dangerous line, but I didn't care. Even if he'd offered me sanctuary. I didn't have to fall at his feet. 'It means,' I said with that same cold quiet, 'That I don't know you. I don't know who you are, or what you really are, or what you want.'

'It means you don't trust me.'

'How can I trust a faerie? Don't you delight in killing and tricking us?'

His snarl set the flames of the candles guttering. 'You aren't what I had in mind for a human- believe me.'

I could almost feel the wound deep in my chest as it ripped open and all those awful, silent words came pouring out. Illiterate, ignorant, unremarkable, proud, cold- all spoken from Nesta's mouth, all echoing in my head with her sneering voice.

I pinched my lips together.

He winced and lifted a hand slightly, as if about to reach for me. 'Feyre,' he began- softly enough that I just shook my head and left the room. He didn't stop me.

But that afternoon, when I went to retrieve my crumpled list from the wastebasket, it was gone. And my pile of books had been disturbed- the titles out of order.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I'm not sure I trust anyone anymore. Not even myself.”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne