For when success a lover's toil attends,
Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

Alexander Pope

Tag: success love fraud betrayal force-in-love



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Besides," said Suriyawong. "This was not a rescue operation."
"What was it, target practice? Chinese skeet?"
"An offer of transportation to an invited guest of the Hegemon," said Suriyawong. "And the loan of a knife."
Achilles held up the bloody thing, dangling it from the point. "Yours?" he asked.
"Unless you want to clean it," said Suriyawong.
Achillese handed it to him. Suriyawong took out his cleaning kit and wiped down the blade, then began to polish it.
"You wanted me to die," said Achilles quietly.
"I expected you to solve your own problems," said Suriyawong.

Orson Scott Card

Tag: justice own betrayal bean owned enderverse achilles achilles-de-flandres comeuppance payback just-desserts julian-delphinki osc pwn pwned shadow-saga suriyawong



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Perhaps robbing someone of his or her story is the greatest betrayal of all.

Anna Fels

Tag: betrayal



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Betrayal clearly has its own reward: the small deep human satisfaction of having one up on someone else. It is the psychology of the mistress, and this regime used it as fuel.

Anna Funder

Tag: politics betrayal germany traitor mistress gdr betray informer security-state



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...his jaw tightening and his eyes closed on the tears. “I believe you. It’s okay because I understand and I believe you.

John Knowles

Tag: friendship acceptance jealousy understanding sad betrayal



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Don't give it to them all at once, make them work for it. Confuse them with detail, leave things out, go back on your tracks. Be testy, be cussed, be difficult. Drink like a fish; don't give way on the ideology, they won't trust that. They want to deal with a man they've bought; they want the clash of opposites, Alec, not some half-cock convert.

John Le Carré

Tag: betrayal spy lying-games



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