Literary notes about confide (AI summary)
Throughout literature, the term "confide" consistently signals the act of placing deeply personal or sensitive information into the care of another. In works like [1] and [2] by Dumas, it conveys an intimate exchange—an entrusting of sorrows, hopes, or secrets to someone deemed uniquely trustworthy. In adventure and mystery narratives such as [3] and [4], “confide” is employed to underline both the vulnerability inherent in sharing private matters and the careful discernment required regarding whom to trust. Its usage spans contexts from personal, emotional disclosure to strategic communications, as shown in [5] and [6], where trust becomes a conduit between personal loyalty and broader responsibilities. Thus, across various genres and eras, writers utilize “confide” to evoke a blend of intimacy, risk, and the hope that one's truth might be safely guarded by the confidant.
- I entrust you to her as I confide myself to you, and I bless you both.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - “To you alone, then, may I confide my sorrows and my hopes?”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - " "I pity you, then, Mr. Fogg, for solitude is a sad thing, with no heart to which to confide your griefs.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - In short I can confide fully in none to give me ready help in necessities, save in Thee alone, O my God.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas - He must confide the glory of his reign and the safety of his states to the general most capable of directing his armies.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini
