Quotes About Conflict

The fate of another man decided by a war they didnt declar

Boys groped, boys dissed, boys put you down. But it was the girls who made you bleed

Knuckle time" referred to those moments when you have to go up against your worst fears.

the man had stabbed his wife, Rostov's mother (though only in the face and only with a screwdriver, so hardly a problem).

nemesis is American citizens who've gone overseas

Prewar." It occurred to Rhyme that in Italy the phrase would, in most people's minds, refer to the Second World War. Unlike America for the past eighty years, Italy had not regularly dotted the globe with tanks and infantry and drones. Thom

We're defined and enlivened by what opposes us. And when the Watchmaker died, Lincoln Rhyme died a bit too.

You're used to expecting some North Korean or some Iranian in a MiG to drop out of the sun and lock on. But when the people supposed to be on your side do it, well, it really throws you. Makes you feel dirty, betrayed.

Northern Virginia could never decide whether it was a suburb of New York or a part of the Confederacy.

the worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of battle.

I don't think so,' said Harry calmly. 'You see, the problem with being a bully is that on the flipside of that particular coin, you'll find the imprint of a coward.

causing him any difficulties." "Not that I'm aware of," said Matron. "If it is, it certainly doesn't stop him hitting a

politicians should think a lot more carefully before they commit the next generation to war.

Geneva and I shall declare your Ambassador in Lagos persona non grata.

spilled their blood on European soil

humans have a profound ability both to cooperate and nurture and to shun others and fight.8 In our advanced technological age, with the capacity of our weapons to end human life, our ability to master our baser emotions and channel them toward constructive and cooperative outcomes will provide the basis for our survival.

The trees like lungs filling with air My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair

The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars.

Remember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you're basically a sane person, who grew up in a loving, sane family. You could take a risk like that. But in my family we didn't go around saying we loved each other. We went around screaming at each other. So what do I do, when you say you love me? I go and undermine it.

Her face was calm, but inside she was tense.

Find the Bad Guy means how, when you're arguing with your spouse, both people are trying to win the argument. Who didn't close the garage door? Who left the Bigfoot hair clump in the shower drain? What you have to realize, as a couple, is that there is no bad guy. You can't win an argument when you're married. Because if you win, your spouse loses, and resents losing, and then you lose, too, pretty much.

She didn't know if his perfectionism canceled out his loss of ambition, or if they were two sides of the same coin. When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep.

The great epics sang of war, the novel of marriage.

I was struck dumb by the sight of this beloved face working itself up into what looked like hatred.