Quotes About Conflict

Tronstad knew that if he refused to dispatch Haukelid to take care of the ferry, the Allies would bomb Vemork again before the shipment left the plant or while the train or ferry were in motion. Many more innocent civilians would die in these scenarios.

Hey, says Hayden, I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate. Get lost, Roland tells him. Already am. And Hayden strolls away.

It's my pleasure to be your displeasure.

If your heart tells you something but your mind tells you something else, which do you believe? Both are just as apt to lie. In fact, they play at deceit all the time. Mostly they balance each other, giving us that crucial reality check. But what happens on the rare occasions when they conspire together?

Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

Therin lies the paradox of the profession,' Faraday said. 'Those who wish to have the job should not have it...and those who would most refuse to kill are the only ones who should.

Best way to save humanity is to turn the monsters against one another.

They signed the unwind order just to spite each other,but laugh,laugh,laugh,Hayden, because if you ever stop laughing,it might just tear you apart worse than a Chop Shop.

Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you. I understand.

Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.

This is not going to be easy. I'm good at being bad, but I'm bad at being good. I don't know the first thing about good deeds.

No, says Ariana. It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all.

We are not the enemy," he says. "That's what the enemy always says.

How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear. -Sonia

Should I push him or should I throw him? Howie asks. Do what comes naturally, I yelled back. I don't know, he says. This is a very unnatural thing.

No, it's not! says Emby. Hey—he wanted my opinion, I gave it. But it's wrong! You see, Hayden? You see what you started? Yes! Hayden says excitedly. It looks like we're about to have our own little Heartland War. Pity it's too dark for us to watch it.

They are not people--they are ideas. They are just extensions of the enemy.

As far as authority is concerned, calm people quietly dying is a lot easier to deal with than angry people fighting for their lives.

Nature is the sum of all selfishness, forcing each and every species to viciously claw its way to survival by snuffing others in the suffocating mire of history. I

Lev bends down and takes the tranq gun away from the cop Connor has just rendered unconscious. I came to save you. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!

Wars were fought over the different interpretations of the same doctrine.

We're this big melting pot, but someone turned up the heat too high, and the stew started to burn. Gangs, crime, fights, and fear are now a regular part of our local stew.

She points to the door. Leave! No. So she picks up a hairbrush and throws it at him. It beans him on the head and ricochets to the wall, where it wedges behind the TV. Ow! He grabs his head, grimacing. That hurt! Good, it was supposed to.