Quotes About Confrontation

It takes more effort to avoid the truth than it does to face it.

Time to remind them that trapping a Rogue doesn't make him dead, just deadlier. -Corran Horn

The obscure unease that Pluto has always inspired, a dog owned by a mouse, daily confronted with the mutational horror of Goofy.

He nodded then cocked his head and gave me a sharp, policeman like look, as though realizing that he had been on the wrong page with me all along. I fell under the heading of Dealing with Assholes.

On balance, most of the time, in the ordinary course of life, it was probably best to say what was in your heart, to share what was on your mind, to tell the people you loved that you loved them, to ask those you had harmed to forgive you and to confront those who had hurt you with the truth about the damage they had done. When it came to things that needed to be said, speech was always preferable to silence, but it was of no use at all in the presence of the unspeakable.

Over the course of that long day in Nordhausen my grandfather gave up the dream he had shared with the Werner von Braun of his imaginings. Along with it a half hour of something that had felt like peace. When those things were gone, there was a bad moment as my grandfather found himself confronted once more with the void that surrounded the planet of his heart.

I'm going to have to go out there. She had a mother and a brother. See who's still around and can look at this thing. Harry, you sure you-- You think I have a choice?

Fulgoni gave me a look that I interpreted as a warning that I was crossing into a territory that he had deemed off-limits when we had last discussed his testimony. I gave him a look back that said too fucking bad. I have you under oath. I own you.

I told him through the door that he could take his job and shove it up his ass. 'Course, a week later I had to ask him to pull it out of his ass and give it back to me.

Bosch took a step toward him. "Olivas, let's get something clear before we go anywhere. You call me 'Hotshot' again and I'm going to shove the file up your ass without taking it out of my briefcase.

You're an asshole, you know that, Haller? I nodded and headed back to the door. When I need to be.

Bremmer stared uneasily and Bosch dismissed him with his hand. The reporter closed the door and went to his own car.

Donovan stared at the car silently, contemplating it the way a matador looks at the bull he is going to fight.

I nodded and made a notation on my legal pad. It read Got you, motherfucker.

I am still angry, Detective Bosch

They'll both know somebody's out there, coming for them.

What about your play, Terry? Pushing past the little brother into the office. Like you didn't think that would start some shit. You pushed the action with that little move and you know it.

the pale light coming in through the French door leading to the deck I could see who it was. "Milton. What the—" "Shut up, asshole. You surprised to see me? Did you think I was going to let them wash me down the toilet without doing something about it?" "I don't know what you're talking about. Listen, there are

The unknown subject, McCaleb thought. So we meet again.

coins. "Okay, now what?" I asked as I put my property back in my pocket. "Now we talk," Bosch said. "First off, do you want to file a report on this?" "Why bother? You know about it. It's your case. Why don't you know who this guy is?" "We're working on it." "That's not good enough, Bosch! He came after me! Why can't you ID him?" Bosch shook his head.

The next message was from Roy Lindell. He also followed the standard of brevity. "All right, asshole, I've got something for you. Call me.

mejor manera de no tener problemas es no darlos. —Eso es mentira y lo sabe. —No, no lo sé.

y el cuello y derribándolo antes de que pudiese

If Donald Trump is squealing like a stuck pig," replied Koch, "I must have done something right." Trump called the mayor a "moron," and Koch taunted him with "Piggy, piggy, piggy." The