“The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.”
“And it was as if fate had betrayed the soldier. In death it exposed to his enemies that poverty which in life he had perhaps concealed from his friends.”
“the friend neither sang of grief, nor open his heart to me he muttled in his inquisition and wasted his life and his dreams”
“If you believe in the idea of true friends, then your heart is vulnerable to betrayal.”
“Although the photographer and the art thief were close friends, neither had ever taken the other's picture.”
“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exist because of their silent consent.”