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1dc4a08 "What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!" "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" friends treachery traitor J.K. Rowling
b912bc0 You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. cunning misanthropic masks hypocrisy traitor perception deceit betrayal Molière
1daf02b "You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. People are aware that this low-bred fellow, who deserves to be pilloried, has, by the dirtiest jobs, made his way in the world; and that the splendid position he has acquired makes merit repine and virtue blush. Yet whatever dishonourable epithets may be launched against him everywhere, nobody defends his wretched honour. Call him a rogue, an infamous wretch, a confounded scoundrel if you like, all the world will say "yea, " and no one contradicts you. But for all that, his bowing and scraping are welcome everywhere; he is received, smiled upon, and wriggles himself into all kinds of society; and, if any appointment is to be secured by intriguing, he will carry the day over a man of the greatest worth. Zounds! these are mortal stabs to me, to see vice parleyed with; and sometimes times I feel suddenly inclined to fly into a wilderness far from the approach of men." people morality life truth life-lesson deception endearments masks misanthropy roguery society hypocrisy traitor deceit vices Molière
1019bd4 "The fast fliers are not disgraced." Queen Ree reached up for the missing tiara. "She saved us, but she's with him now." Vidia was complicated, two fairies in one, a loyal traitor." fairy-haven kyto vidia peter-pan fairies loyal traitor Gail Carson Levine
91d60b0 "She put her hands on her hips and surveyed the area with a cocky smile on her face. The smirk spread when the traitor met my gaze. "No hello for your old friend?" she asked me. "Don't be rude Baby Face." "Go to hell, Wynn." baby-face cocky-smile hell-wynn smirk traitor Maria V. Snyder
57cd612 "Suffering is the fuel in the engine of civilization." -Vergere" metaphor pain suffering fuel engine jacen-solo new-jedi-order new-republic post-return-of-the-jedi vergere yuuzhan-vong the-force traitor star-wars Matthew Woodring Stover
48315c9 The idea of a small circle, of an exalted and loyal sect, with a traitor infiltrated at its core, an informant who's not foreign to the sect, but constitutes an part of its structure---this was the true organizational form of any small society. One must act knowing that there's a traitor infiltrated in the ranks. trust sects organizations groups society traitor betrayal loyalty Ricardo Piglia
1ddc24f "First mutiny?" Naomi said. "Yeah. It's not really something I do." "It gets easier." traitor prison-escape James S.A. Corey
669f082 Dogs were not loyal but servile, that cats were opportunists and traitors, dogs life traitor cats loyalty Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez