I can't trust anybody. There are no good people in life.

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That's how I feel.

i dunno. i don't think anyone's 100% good or bad. maybe there's a few who are mostly good and deserve to have their bad overlooked.
The trust part is a whole different matter

There are, but there are very very few.

I agree that no one is solely good or bad. Of course there are people with more bad than good and they are probably best avoided. But there are people in life who's intentions are good even if they mess up sometimes because even the nicest people do. I think that trust is not always about whether the other person is trustworthy but about whether you yourself can trust people, although of course it's rarely as easy as that. Trust seems to be a complicated issue, and it can cause a certain vulnerability I suppose, which whilst that isn't necessarily a bad thing sometimes, it isn't a particularly desirable feeling.

For the second part, I think OSB said it already.

As for the first part... For myself anyway, real trust never happens suddenly; it takes work. Sometimes a great deal of painstaking work, and occasionally I discover that the other person in the trust relationship isn't worthwhile.

It takes practice, but it's possible to be genial towards someone without trusting them.