Quotes About Respect

I don't want to be your snack, your chew-toy, your fuck-buddy. Find a vampire to sink your fang into.

Just because you're bigger doesn't mean you have to be a bully." "Just because you're a woman doesn't mean I'm going to let you get away with bullshit.

Zach. You can only call me Mr. Quinn when you're angry.

I won't take advantage of you. Today, I'll be your friend." "Fen has been my friend for decades," she said, sliding her arm into his when he offered it to her. "And he never presumed to put his mouth on mine." "Obviously I'll be a different kind of friend.

If I was yours," she said, "how would you treat me?" "Like a fucking queen.

Max saw the stranger give him the once-over, recognised it for what it was. Women had been making him offers since before he was legal. And he'd learned to turn them down without hurting their feelings ...

I don't want the … issues between us"—raging sexual arousal fused with the red haze of the anger that licked the air—"to bleed over into our working relationship. Let's agree to stay out of each other's way as much as possible, and be polite when it's not.

Truth was, she liked that about him, liked that he always treated her as if he believed she had the strength to stand against him.

Aden turned his body toward her . . . and then he did an unexpected thing for an Arrow. He reached out to cup her jaw, hold her face for a long, taut second, their eyes locked. I think, he said at last, you are a worthy match for my friend, Ivy Jane. You see the greatness of him—and you see his vulnerability. Neither scares you. A decisive nod as he broke contact. Anything you need from me, you can have. You need only ask.

I'm worth more," she told him, wiping the back of her hand across her mouth. "Affection, respect, tenderness, I'm worth all of that, so don't you dare come near me again until you're ready to offer it.

Ms. Baird," he said, using her formal title because it made her pay attention, "have I or have I not made it clear that I would like you in my bed?

Don't hurt us and we won't hurt you. DR. A day later, a response had been found in Lucas's lair. Agreed. SD.

The way it had been displayed, the way it had been discarded, that was a thing too many men had done to too many women across time.

Dropping the saccharine-sweet tone, she glared. "I don't sleep with men who think I'm a brainless twit.

Never allow the words of others to steal your worth—always remember that it is the weak and cowardly who attempt to devalue others. The strong uplift without fear, share their knowledge to help others grow.

Do not steal what only has value if freely given.

Sometimes, it was better to extend the hand of friendship than to force compliance by fear.

Respect is one thing. being liked and respected, that's true power. People will do anything for you if they like you.

I remembered to keep my body inclined low, to shrink myself smaller than he. He was sensitive about my greater height.

When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you'd best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.

We are not asking for superiority for we have always had that; all we ask is equality.

the writing is writ large on the wall: Mother Earth will continue to punish us with floods, famines, and fires until we learn to behave as custodians of the natural world rather than as its conquerors.

No man can be really free in bed with a woman who is not.

Mi señora, yo atravesaré cien sarracenos por vos si así lo deseáis, y si me dais la venia para portar vuestro favor.