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Quotes About Assertiveness

But allow Riley to boss him around? Multiply "hell, no" by "dream on" and divide by "suck it," and the answer was "the wolf could bite the big one.
~ Gena Showalter
Look, Winged Wonder. Get me out of here, then we'll hammer out the details about where I'm staying. Okay?" "Winged Wonder," he said, nodding. "I find that I do not mind that one. It fits." "Captain Modesty fits better," she muttered. "I disagree. Winged Wonder is clearly the better choice for a man such as me." -Annabelle and Zacharel
~ Gena Showalter
I'm king of the World, bitches. Come in here and bask in my glory.(Strider)
~ Gena Showalter
So what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway.
~ Gena Showalter
A little tip for you, Winged Wonder. Don't threaten the woman you want to seduce." See Annabelle take control. He reached out, gently brushed his fingertip along her collarbone. "If it means saving your life, I'll do more than threaten you. I'll follow through. Best you realize that now, rather than cry foul later.
~ Gena Showalter
Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the proper order of things?" So the little man wasn't supposed to speak to the women folk without an invitation? Screw that. "Just stay out of my head, Harpy, or I'll make sure you regret it. By the way, how's the leg?" She hissed at him. Win!
~ Gena Showalter
I agree with you. Now let's put on our big-girl panties and go convince Mr. Always Right that he's seriously wrong.
~ Gena Showalter
At least my balls are bigger than yours," she sneered, shocking me. O-kay. Not so lost anymore. "You sure about that?" Gavin sneered right back, and I couldn't be sure, but it kind of looked like he was fighting a…smile? "Take off your pants and show me." "The only way I'll ever take off my pants in your presence is to use the material to choke you to death.
~ Gena Showalter
I cast a glance in my new admirer's direction. "You may call me Your Highness," I said. "Or Empress Beauty." He chuckled. I wasn't kidding.
~ Gena Showalter
I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger.
~ Gena Showalter
Cool. I'm Kathryn, but everyone calls me Kat. And do not make any cat jokes or I'll have to hurt you. With my claws." she waved the long, blunt tips of her fingers at me. "Truth be told, I stopped speaking meow a long time ago." speaking meow? "I'm guessing calling you pretty kitty is out.
~ Gena Showalter
Yeah, I understand. That doesn't mean I'll obey" - Bianka
~ Gena Showalter
I'm surrounded by pure male aggression, and I like it.
~ Gena Showalter
She's not going anywhere," Sabin said. Lord love domineering men. Sometimes.
~ Gena Showalter
He'd gone total alpha. He'd decided, and he expected Sunny to fall into line. What he failed to realize? She was an alpha, too. "No problem. Let's say our goodbyes, and part ways, since I can't be of use to you." "We do not part," he snarled. Four words. Individually, they meant nothing. Together, uttered by William the Ever Randy, they rocked her world.
~ Gena Showalter
Voglio una stanza tutta per me.» «No.» «No e basta?» «Esatto: tu resti qui.» Le parole con me non vennero pronunciate, ma erano sottintese. «Non ho vissuto a lungo a Budapest e non ho passato molto tempo in questa camera, ma è mia.» Come lo sei tu. Anche questo era sottinteso.
~ Gena Showalter
Why had she feared this, anyway? When she didn't like something, she changed it. pg 454
~ Gena Showalter
I have zero desire to be tossed around like some kind of meat bag just because I have possession of a ball anyone can buy at any sporting-goods store for less than twenty dollars.
~ Gena Showalter
never fear conflict, never be afraid to tell the truth, and never be afraid to say what I really think.
~ Gene Kim
Erik then grows still and merely says, "To fix your problem, you need to do a lot more than just learning how to say no. That's the tip of the iceberg.
~ Gene Kim
You may take it as you wish, Irene said. But I am not giving you my mission, and I am not giving you my student, and if I were the sort of person who kept pet rats, I would not give you my rat. Clear?
~ Genevieve Cogman
Strong-minded women with a cause accepted even fewer excuses than the average gangster, when it came to getting what they wanted, and what they wanted right now was Irene making a speech.
~ Genevieve Cogman
I like to do things certain ways and I disagree with everybody but I don't even want to argue.
~ George Balanchine
Juchniewicz silenced Cogan with a communiqué of unusual clarity: "Higher authority wants a mean fucker in the job.
~ George Crile