Quotes About Conflict

It's hard for most of us to admit, but when you start paying attention you'll notice that you actually enjoy being angry. There's this wonderful rush of self-righteousness to it. Because, obviously, you can't be angry about something unless you know you're right and the other person is wrong. You

Whereas all her life her mother had more often than not been in conflict not only with others but with herself, her own circumstances, angry about one thing or another, mostly dissatisfied and even resentful of her lot in life, now she seemed to have let that go. But in its stead, there appeared to be nothing. As if she had finally fully burned her ability to care about anything in the long-stoked fire of her discontent. And now she was empty.

If I met you in a scissor fight, I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone.

On the back of every right, there's a wrong looming.

Too bad the things that make you mad are my favorite things.

Sometimes the hardest battle only exists within yourself, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

Sometimes the hardest battles only exists within ourselves, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

I heard she did it with the sword you found," Dad said. "That's what I keep trying to tell everyone! Finally, somebody gets it! I think Mom is going to choke Kendra to death." The comment brought his mom over to him. She embraced him tightly. "Hey, Mom," Seth grunted. "I thought I was kidding about the strangulation.

Stop yelling at me," Seth demanded. Or what? "Or I'll throw rocks at you.

Devin stood, turning toward the sound as Kunaya bolted in the other direction, her meal unfinished. He put his hand to his sword but didn't draw it as a girl stepped out from the trees, leading a horse by the reins. She looked a little younger than him, but her bearing was confident, and she spoke with the poise of the educated upper class. "Cats are awfully

Trask cleared his throat noisily. "Enough with the blix-unicorn rivalry.

That's what I keep trying to tell everyone! Finally, somebody gets it! I think Mom is going to choke Kendra to death.

They were all good creatures. Your friends and family are murderers. And so are you.

Renford's father got me from behind with a hoe.

We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?" "That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.

Regardless, I often wish that the two groups - adults and kids - could find a way to get along better. Some sort of treaty or something. The biggest problem is, the adults have one of the most effective recruitment strategies in the world. Give them enough time, and they'll turn any kid into one of them.

Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious." Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?

Storms, woman," [Kaladin] said. "I don't know what to make of you." "Preferably not a corpse." "I'm surprised someone hasn't already done that.

I will protect those I hate. Even if the one I hate most is myself.

We actually killed the thing." "Sad, I know," she said, feeling depressed. "It was beautiful." "It would be more beautiful if it hadn't tried to eat me." "From my perspective," Shallan noted, "it didn't try, it succeeded." "Nonsense," Kaladin said. "It didn't manage to swallow me. Doesn't count.

You see the dilemma?" Ham asked. "I see an idiot," Breeze mumbled.

I've seen Steelheart bleed. And I will see him bleed again.