Friend Broken Trust Quotes Novels & Stories

Close, but not too close. “You don’t have to forgive me,” I said. “But I want to earn your trust again.” Her eyes slid to mine. “Trust is fragile.” “I know.” “And once broken, it never fits the same way.” “I know,” I said again. She studied me for a long time. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” “I won’t.” We stood like that for a while. The silence between us wasn’t quite forgiving, but it wasn’t hostile anymore either. It was tired. Raw. Wary. Like two survivors waiting to see if the world would fall apart again.

I held up my hand to cut him off, "Best you save it for another one of your play things. Because I wouldn't be surprised if that is all I truly am to you." He sighed in exasperation, "You're more than a play thing, Evelyn. Please tell me what I can say or do to prove that to you." "Nothing. You can't do anything to mend this. The trust is broken, and once trust is broken, it's very difficult to mend." "We can fix this, Evelyn. I'll tell you whatever you need to know. Anything to fix the bond between us." I looked up at him, and this time, I could already feel the tears burning in my throat and at the corners of my eyes.

"If we tried again. If I somehow found a way to forgive you and we tried to make this work. Could you promise me you'd never lie to me again?" My heart leaped. He was actually thinking about giving me another chance. "Yes. I promise. I swear on everything. I'll never lie to you again about anything. Ever." Julian looked at me for what felt like forever. Then he said: "I don't believe you." The words hit like a physical blow. "I want to believe you," he continued. "Part of me really does but I can't. The trust is completely broken and I don't know if it can ever be fixed."

Lilian Roseforth POV People often speak of trust as if it were something you give once, all at once—a decision made in a moment, and then it is done. But I had learned the hard way that it is not so. Trust is fragile. Once broken, it does not repair itself instantly, no matter how sincere the apologies or how great the promises. It grows slowly, like a tree—root by root, branch by branch, strengthened by time and consistent care.

"I'm sorry. I know that what I did was wrong. Can't we go back to how we used to be back then?" I looked at her and lightly shook my head. "We can never go back, Queenie Blackrose," I replied. "From the moment you posted the first photo of you and him on your Instagram account and chose to lie to me, we could never, ever go back to the past again." Misty sighed and said, "Nessie, know that trust, once broken, can never be put back together again."

Perhaps you know of a friend in need of a little positivity or you're searching for strength yourself, these faith quotes—spanning a myriad of beliefs and religions—will hopefully provide some much-needed positivity when a relationship fails, it’s not only your heart that’s left broken. you lose the ability to believe in love, you develop trust issues with every person you meet, and in some corner of your mind, you fear being left alone again. you build a wall around yourself that none can break through because you don’t want to be weak and vulnerable anymore. Like everyone else, you also believed that love is the most beautiful feeling in the world.

I was sounding hopeless but who would not, I learned not to hope and let myself believe a lie, it would be me broken in the end and no one else. "Again I would ask you, do you trust me Jodi?" "Trust? that's a powerful word. I don't know if I could anymore. I seemed to be lacking in that word this days." Giving someone my trust could cause my life. "Jodi come on, where's the fire had gone to? I would make sure to earn that trust again, I promise it will work. I would do everything to take you out of here."

I laughed bitterly, then throw the glass against the wall beside him,he flinches and looks at me like I'm a psychopath. " See the glass over there, that is what I became after trusting you. Do you think I'll do that again. You see Nik when trust is broken it can never fixed, like the glass over there. Even if you glue them back together it won't look the same. It will leave scars forever. So tell me Nikolas how do you expect me to trust you" I say bitterly "I don't know what else to say for you to believe me."he replies desperately

Tears fall down from his eyes. “I am sorry…I am sorry Shama” Ansh whispered as his tears dropped on the necklace. “…BUT… Trust is also your biggest weakness. Trust is like a glass. It’s very hard to make it…But it breaks easily. And when it breaks…It ruins everything. A person is left with nothing once trust breaks….If you trust the wrong person than you will be destroyed. Your soul, your heart your everything…will shatter into pieces…”

I can see how broken he is. There's so much pain in his eyes. His hand is shaking as he gets the glass from my hand. "Giovanni," I called him. "D-Don't tell me to stop crying. The pain is so unbearable," he said as he closed his eyes. He dropped the glass to the floor and it breaks. I immediately pick up the portions of the broken glass. "Just like these pieces, they are like trust. It is broken and you can't unbreak it," he spoke out.