“To borrow against the trust someone has placed in you costs nothing at first. You get away with it, you take a little more and a little more until there is no more to draw on. Oddly, your hands should be full with all that taking but when you open them there’s nothing there.”
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“Just trust me, Nina.” “I wouldn’t trust you to tie my shoes without stealing the laces, Kaz.”
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.”
“I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you.”