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Quotes About Conflict

proclaimed a predictably democratic unwillingness to be disagreed with, and used that unwillingness to pull down the entire house.
~ Allen C. Guelzo
This was, after all, an army whose cause was inextricably bound up with the defense of black enslavement.
~ Allen C. Guelzo
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them.
~ Allen Tate
No one needs a reason to hurt people, it happens all the time.
~ ALLISON BRENNAN
You make me feel. And sometimes, I don't want to.
~ ALLISON BRENNAN
That's the problem with dating somebody you're not truly in love with. Every few weeks the pressure builds and you turn into a monster. You're not sure who you hate more for the lie you are living, him or yourself.
~ Allison Burnett
And as every spy knows, common enemies are how allies always begin.
~ Ally Carter
Because sometimes not liking someone is easier.
~ Ally Carter
Ooh, the silent treatment.
~ Ally Carter
Angus looked at Hamish. "I hate it when Mom and Dad fight." Hamish smoothed his brother's messy hair. "Me too.
~ Ally Carter
Why do I feel like I can't trust you anymore?' I wanted him to lash out. I wanted him to fight, to protest, to argue- to do anything but look deeper into my eyes and say, 'because the Gallagher Academy doesn't admit fools
~ Ally Carter
The Bagshaws aren't boys. They're bombs with very colorful fuses.
~ Ally Carter
You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered," Mr. Solomon said.
~ Ally Carter
Macey was just starting to argue when Abby asked, "What can you tell me about the gunmen?" "They're amateurs," Hale said at the exact same time Macey told her teacher, "They're pros.
~ Ally Carter
Enemies are nothing compared to traitors, after all. It's the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.
~ Ally Carter
You can't really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can't yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much easier way to start the morning.
~ Ally Carter
What about him?" "What's going on with you two?" "Nothing," Kat said, a little too quickly. "Yeah, and why is that exactly? I thought you two were getting all relationshipy. But now you're gone half of the time and he's ...angry." "No, he's not." "Yes, he is." Gabrielle gave a short laugh. "He doesn't like you going off, doing these jobs on your own.
~ Ally Carter
Seventh graders jumped onto the backs of FBI agents. Seniors squared off against the CIA.
~ Ally Carter
I know. I'm sorry." And the bizarre part is that I really am. I want to be good, to use the right fork and wear a pretty linen dress to breakfast. I want to be the girl in the pictures upstairs. But I can't be. That girl is dead.
~ Ally Carter
Some people, after all, don't care who they yell at as long as they have a reason to keep shouting.
~ Ally Carter
If you boys want to beat each other's guts out, I'm willing to let you, but I'd rather get Cam someplace safe and find out what she's doing walking the streets at five in the bloody morning." She started back down the alley, then stopped and added, "Oh, and Zach, if you're going to run away from school, leave a note. Even Cam did that.
~ Ally Carter
Dear Logan, I'm sorry that the stupid Russians shot you. Mainly because I really want to shoot you, and I hate that they beat me to it. Maddie
~ Ally Carter
mostly it makes me want to pull Lila out of Alexei's arms and toss her in the pool. I
~ Ally Carter
Megan is coming down the street, and when she sees me and Lila together, for a split second it looks like she wants to run. Save herself. And I can't say I blame her.
~ Ally Carter