Quotes About Assertiveness

Maud stood up, turned to Seveline and Onda, and said in Ancestor Vampiric, "Did you get all that or do you need me to translate it for you into your backwater gibberish?

If I wanted someone like Meli, I would have married a long time ago. I want you. My beautiful, lethal, precise ice dragon. One of a kind. That's a terrible pet name, she said. Ice dragon? Silver Shark? Captain Lethal? Slaughter Maiden?

Anybody who had a problem with my extra hardware was welcome to make my day.

Women usually respond well to drama and decisive declarations of lust." "I'm not that sort of a woman. Unfortunately for you, I'm not for sale.

Vincent rolled his eyes. "I can't believe I have to say this. You there, dashing male secretary! Drop the frying pan.

She stared at him, stunned. He braced himself. "We need the guns, Elara." "And you just made that decision without me?" Her voice was so sharp, he wanted to check himself for cuts.

The point is, I have no patience left. You will tell me where you went when you vanished. Now." Andrea raised her chin, as if daring me to take a swing. "Or?" Or what exactly? "Or I will punch you right in the face." Andrea froze. For a second I thought she would bolt for the door. She sighed instead. "Can I at least get some coffee first?

I strive to menace," I said.

You're doing your thing, why can't I do my thing? I must be me even if I suffer for it.

Are you asking me or telling me?

Ah made yous cunts in ma ain image. Yous git oan wi it; yous fuckin well sort it oot. That cunt Nietzsche wis wide ay the mark when he sais ah wis deid. Ah'm no deid; ah jist dinnae gie a fuck. It's no fir me tae sort every cunt's problems oot. Nae other cunt gies a fuck so how should ah? Eh?

In the gairdin ay eunuchs, even the gadgie wi the two-inch cock cannae help but swagger.) We're

And a woman striding among them like an equal.

Exert some independence; you're not a little girl. You can't let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world, she said. I've never forgotten those words.

No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they'll take it back.

Tell Larry I'm not going to the reception, and that he can't count on me for anything for the rest of my life." Her emphatic tone brooked no argument. Her daughter-in-law closed the door silently and went to give her husband the message.

Váyase al carajo —balbuceó Pedro Tercero.

Non sei una mocciosa. Difendi la tua indipendenza, non lasciare che nessuno decida per te. Per farlo devi essere in grado di cavartela da sola. Mi hai capito? mi disse.

Exert some independence; you're not a little girl. You can't let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world," she said.

ya no hago concesiones fácilmente; adiós a los tacones altos, las dietas y la paciencia con los tontos; y he aprendido a decir que NO a lo que no me agrada sin sentirme culpable. Mi vida es mejor ahora, pero no me interesa el reposo del guerrero, prefiero mantener algo de ardor en la mente y la sangre.

Ricordati che gli altri hanno più paura di te

We can speak up because we don't care to compete, to please, or to be popular.

Me conformo con envejecer alegremente y para ese fin tengo algunas reglas: ya no hago concesiones fácilmente; adiós a los tacones altos, las dietas y la paciencia con los tontos; y he aprendido a decir que NO a lo que no me agrada sin sentirme culpable.

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.