"I trust you with their lives,' Prof said, still writing, 'and them with yours. Don't betray that trust, son. Keep your impulses in check. Don't just a...

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That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

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"You trusted me enough to jump off the wall, and I caught you.
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"In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust.