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Quotes About Conflict

When Dad lost control of Mom, they both lost control of the children.
~ Jane Nelsen
War is inevitable when the world is fallen. If you stop one, another will start. Redemption is the only path away from war.
~ Jane Smiley
Dean Harstad had unbounded patience, the very patience that drove Chairman X bananas, patience as a weapon.
~ Jane Smiley
Everyone starved. Starvation is a potent weapon, and the Bolsheviks are happy to wield it. The cheapest way to get rid of the opposition is to starve them. Lenin did it the expensive way, shooting them, but the Soviets can no longer afford that.
~ Jane Smiley
not unlike a bomb blast, two years after that, where was he, northern France, if you called Cambrai France (some people didn't, they called it "Kamerijk
~ Jane Smiley
What Is Really Going On in Spain? was another. Who's the Boss? was about whether members of the
~ Jane Smiley
Amantium irae amoris integratio est A Latin saying that means Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love
~ Janet Aylmer
If she wasn't your grandmother I'd shoot her. Ranger
~ Janet Evanovich
This is war,' I yelled through the door. Lucky for me,' Morelli said. 'I give good war.
~ Janet Evanovich
Bitch. Slut. Whore. Cunt. I kicked Joyce in the shin. I draw the line at cunt.
~ Janet Evanovich
Who's the best person you know. Of all the people you know personally, is there anyone who has a sense of right and wrong and lives by it? This was a sticky question because it would have to be Ranger ...but I suspected he occasionally killed people. Only bad people, of course, but still...
~ Janet Evanovich
Are we fighting? I asked Morelli. No. Were discussing. Are you sure? Am I yelling? Morelli asked. Is my face purple? Are the cords on my neck standing out? Am I waving my arms around? No. The were not fighting.
~ Janet Evanovich
I don't believe this, Morelli yelled. I don't fucking believe this. What do you do, sit in bed at night and think about ways to fuck up my life?
~ Janet Evanovich
I almost never shoot people.
~ Janet Evanovich
I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. "Killing is wrong." "We kill chickens," Mr. Wexler said. "We kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers." It was hard to argue with that kind of logic because I like cows and chickens and trees much better than drug dealers.
~ Janet Evanovich
In spite of all the sparring that went on between us, I sort of liked Morelli. Good judgment told me to stand clear of him, but then I've never been a slave to good judgment.
~ Janet Evanovich
I guessed my mother figured if my father got right down to the task of eating he wouldn't be so inclined to jump up and strangle my grandmother.
~ Janet Evanovich
Yeah, but I want to take a look at your little peashooter. It's kinda cute. It's a gun, Brenda said. Lula pulled her Glock out of her bag and aimed it at Brenda. Bitch, this is a gun. It could put a hole in you big enough to drive a truck through.
~ Janet Evanovich
She doesn't know," Cate said. "Kellen is a secret. I didn't think my mother would approve." "Why wouldn't your mother approve?" Pugg asked. "It's my job," Kellen said. "I kill people. It pays well, but it's not universally socially acceptable.
~ Janet Evanovich
Are you telling me your brain and your lady parts decided on a love fest bake-off winner?
~ Janet Evanovich
My mother was about three feet from Pooka. She threw herself forward, grabbed hold of his shirt, and they both went down to the ground. They rolled around a little and by the time I reached them, my mother was on top, punching Pooka in the face. "She's beating the crap out of him," Lula said. "Way to go, Mrs. P.
~ Janet Evanovich
You're scum, Morelli! You're scum!
~ Janet Evanovich
My mother is a good Christian woman who would never refuse someone a seat at her table, but I knew this was a nightmare for her. With Lula and Grandma at the table together, it's much more likely that my father will try to stab someone with his fork.
~ Janet Evanovich
As much as I disliked Eddie Kuntz, I could sort of identify with a man who got a stiffie over banana cream pie.
~ Janet Evanovich