Anita Shreve

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

American Writer

Tom Cochrane

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

Canadian Musician

Morris Gleitzman

Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

English Author

Caleb Carr

You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of hurt. And there isn't.

American Novelist

Deepak Chopra

Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.

American Speaker

Katya Zamolodchikova

There's a lot of stupid men out there who feel like makeup is a betrayal of the truth, and that is so funny to me.

American Entertainer

Jason Reynolds

I know the feeling of confusion and betrayal. I know the feeling of fearing for my life.

American Author

Nick Cave

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

Australian Musician

Jean Renoir

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

French Director

Arthur Miller

American Playwright

Betrayal often carries strong emotional weight, suggesting profound disloyalty.

Emotional Impact

Betrayal usually happens on purpose, different from unintentional mistakes.

Often Intentional

Betrayal involves a breach of trust, expectable in close relationships.

Trust Required

Betrayal indicates that there was an expectation or understanding that's been broken.

Prior Expectation

The word can imply a personal bond was present before the betrayal occurred.

Personal Bonds

Sometimes betrayal is not direct, but a failure to act as expected.

Not Always Obvious

 and hooray, you've behaved. What's hard is understanding the meaning of the behavior, because in some settings, pulling a trigger is an appalling act; in others, it's heroically self-sacrificial. In some settings, putting your hand one someone else's is deeply compassionate. In others, it's a deep betrayal.

The biology of our best...

 The truth is, we don't know if this woman's husband is having an affair, or why their sex life changed two years ago, or what those late-night phone calls are really about. And it might be that because of her history, she's writing a singular story of betrayal, but there's probably something else

How changing your story...

 My sister and I had a long history of love, but we also had a long history of rejection and attack, from minor misunderstandings to bigger betrayals. We didn't have the kind of the relationship where we talked about the deeper stuff;

Say your truths and seek...

 It's a time when they're particularly focused on caring for each other. They'll forgive things that have bugged them for years. They'll forgive all betrayals, even infidelities, because they're focused on caring for each other.

3 ways to build a happy...

 how do we heal from an affair desire runs deep betrayal runs deep but it can be healed and some affairs are death knells for relationships that were already dying on the vine but others will jolt us into new possibilities

Why happy couples cheat...

 the biggest betrayal you could have in that-- in that business. I was just seething. I was fuming inside. I just wanted to grab hold of him. But the future wasn't in my hands. They give, you know, life sentences,

Surviving Prison in...

 So something felt very wrong about the world. It was a sense, almost, of betrayal, when this little blue dot started at my house, and went running off toward the north leaving me behind. I wasn't moving.

Todd Humphreys: How to...

 his hurtful words and his betrayals but I often erased those entries when he would apologize because I loved him and I felt guilty for focusing on the negative for recording the truth of my

Time Debt PIPE Linda...

 I said, "Yes." I look at affairs from a dual hurt and betrayal on one side, growth and self-discovery on the other -- what it did to you, and what it meant for me.

Rethinking infidelity...

 very wrong about the world it was a sense almost of betrayal when this little blue dot started at my house and went running off toward the north