Quotes About Conflict

Dennis had imagined that he and Beth would be one of those couples who never quarreled, that when they weren't kissing they would be laughing or lying in each other's arms, serenely, deliriously happy. He could never have imagined that she would make him so crazy angry he would scream at her in front of their friends. But in that instant, he learned a little about love.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.

There's no mercy in war. People live and people die. That's all there is to it

This is MY FATHER'S House - not a bank!!!' 'What's got into Him??' 'Low blood sugar?' 'Hey Judas - get the coins!

One thing I have learned is, if people tell you they had a "frank" discussion with someone, it is usually code for a yelling match with clenched fists.

The warring conflict in man between the intellect and the libido shall never be twinned.

We're living through war, but where they're living it's peacetime, and we're all in the same country.

Literature's father figures can only loom, intimidate, and inspire for so long before they must be slain by their offspring.

At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be painful?

Halfway around the world, Marines were walking into an ambush, in a firefight, or fighting hand-to-hand in a desperate life-and-death struggle. Here we were, laughing and drinking as if none of that was happening, but I knew it was, and I knew what it felt like. I felt ashamed!

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.

For two hundred and fifty years the kzinti had not attacked human space. They had nothing to attack with. For two hundred and fifty years men had not attacked the kzinti worlds; and no kzin could understand it. Men confused them terribly.

Fear is the brother of hate.

My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.

Get out of here," Tom said to the two Berserkers. "He doesn't understand!" "This is all wrong!" said Ron, pressing his bleeding mouth with his hand. "Everybody knows homophobia was invented by the Christians!" "Then you can have the comfort," said Jorgen with a smile, "of knowing you're not the victim of a hate crime.

If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping.

mobs were the worst of our guts strangling our hearts.

That's because you don't believe in this, and you don't -" I cut him off as I screamed. "Don't say it again! I care!" "But not enough," he said screaming back… and in a voice that was much quieter, more concluding, more condemning, and more disgusted, "Not enough.

Pero en ciertos casos es más digno dejarse llevar de un impulso ciego, provocado por un gran amor, que oponerse a él.

Unfortunately, assumptions are the seeds we sow that grow into future arguments

Sabes que tengo que matarte y no lo he hecho todavía, ni tengo intención de hacerlo, y no te imaginas la cantidad de problemas que me puede acarrar eso. ¿Me preguntas si me importas? ¿A ti que te parece?

Entonces no vuelvas a cruzarte en mi camino, criatura, porque no tendré más remedio que matarte la próxima vez

No quería matarte- dijo ella-. No quería hacerte daño. pero sentía que no tenía opción, ¿entiendes? Christian sacudió la cabeza. - Me clavaste una espada en el vientre- dijo-. Yo te clavé una espada en el corazón. teniendo eso en cuenta , creo que no he salido muy mal parado. - Habría muerto antes que matarte- susurró ella-. pero ya estaba muerta, de alguna manera. Victoria y Christian