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Quotes About Alpha

Or in other words: There are no fairy tales in the wild, no Cinderella stories. The lowly wolf that seems to rise to the top of the pack was really an alpha all along.
~ Jodi Picoult
Nella natura selvaggia non ci sono le fiabe, non c'è la storia della Cenerentola. Il lupo di rango inferiore che sembra salire in cima al branco in realtà era sempre stato un alfa.
~ Jodi Picoult
Call him the chameleon: an alpha male who never had sons, unless an adulterer cooperated. Unlike the changeling, he did have DNA, but it was alien; he could no more reproduce with a human than he could with a rock or a tree.
~ Joe Haldeman
When I started stand-up, it was really just to have a go at alpha males essentially, there was no plan and there never has been really.
~ Joe Lycett
The mystery about ? is actually a double mystery. The first mystery – the origin of its numerical value ? ? 1/137 has been recognized and discussed for decades. The second mystery – the range of its domain – is generally unrecognized.
~ Unknown
Jeffrey looked at being an alpha a lot like having a hard-on. If he walked around with a stiff one in his pants all the time, it was uncomfortable for him and just about anyone else he happened upon. But if he had it when needed—well, it could be one hell of a good time.
~ Mandy M. Roth
This was a person who operated best and most efficiently when she was truly and genuinely pissed off; wishing for her to mellow out was like wishing an alpha predator would switch to grains. It was missing the point.
~ John Scalzi
It takes a certain kind of dog to willingly demote himself from alpha dog, and that dog was Carl. Holloway would have to speak to him about it, for what little good it would do, Carl being a dog and all.
~ John Scalzi
Like Trush, Sheriff Gorunov is a born Alpha, a handsome, fire-breathing dragon of a man who smokes with an alarming vigor: cigarette clamped between his canines at the point where filter and tobacco meet, the act of inhaling fully integrated into breath and speech such that there is no discernible pause, only billowing smoke that seems to be a natural by-product of a voice that booms even in the confines of his quiet kitchen.
~ John Vaillant
Brother Wolf gave Anna an amused look and then went back to being scary.
~ Unknown
If alpha [the fine-structure constant] were bigger than it really is, we should not be able to distinguish matter from ether [the vacuum, nothingness], and our task to disentangle the natural laws would be hopelessly difficult. The fact however that alpha has just its value 1/137 is certainly no chance but itself a law of nature. It is clear that the explanation of this number must be the central problem of natural philosophy.
~ Max Born
Holding Hawke's gaze in a way that not many men could, Walker said, "You will be good to her." Not a statement, but an order. Hawke's wolf stirred. "Do you think I'd be otherwise?" "If I did, you'd be dead.
~ Nalini Singh
Dorian's going to love this." She glared. "I swear to God, you tell him, and I'll" — what the hell could you threaten an alpha with?—"I'll tell Hawke you want to go on daily bonding runs with him.
~ Nalini Singh
Hawke," he said. "That's the word you need to be saying.
~ Nalini Singh
You know I'll never say no, and Nate's so dedicated, I think he loves our alpha more than me." "I resent that," Nate grumbled. "I might love football more than you, but definitely not Lucas's ugly mug.
~ Nalini Singh
Go play your favorite game." Feeling the hum of anticipation in his belly, Andrew gave his alpha an innocent smile. "I have no idea what you mean." Hawke pointed a finger at him. "I want my calm, collected lieutenant back by the end of the week, or I'm packing you in a box and shipping you to fucking Siberia." Andrew grinned. "I hear it's nice there this time of year.
~ Nalini Singh
I'm doing this for Toby and Marlee, not you." The defiant words were directed at Hawke. The alpha gave her a mock-salute. "Heaven forbid you do anything because I asked you to.
~ Nalini Singh
No self-respecting wolf would eat a rodent - though we might've been able to use your teeth as decorations," Andrew said with a straight face. Teijan hissed out a very unratlike snarl. "Why the hell do I bother to talk to you?" "Hawke thinks I give you cheese." He pulled a small, foil-wrapped wedge out of his pocket. "Here you go" "*** you" But the Rat alpha was laughing.
~ Nalini Singh
I am the alpha. You follow." His extraordinary eyes held Andromeda's. "Not for always. For this." Andromeda was oddly pleased that he'd clarified his statement. "Until we escape," she agreed.
~ Nalini Singh
It was so easy to win the trust of children, but this child would never be in a position where that trust could get her killed. Her alpha father and empath mother would never permit it. Neither would her deadly grandmother.
~ Nalini Singh
If the alpha tried to separate him from Brenna, he'd have a fight on his hands. A bloody one.
~ Nalini Singh
Big Alpha Man does not stay in car. Big Alpha Man roar and beat manly chest.
~ Nalini Singh
Hawke didn't bother to respond to that - he'd eat the baby cat alpha for breakfast.
~ Nalini Singh
He held Aden's gaze, the other man's expression unreadable. "It's the alpha's responsibility and his privilege to create that environment—we are the guardians of every heart in our care." Aden Kai might not be changeling, but he was an alpha and he held within his hands the power to change his people from the inside out.
~ Nalini Singh