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Quotes About Conflict

The darkness inside you allows for a more human experience. Giving you the very thing you lacked before: an insider's knowledge of the two faces of man—the constant struggle between darkness and light.
~ Alyson Noel
Can't talk now. Someone on the internet is wrong.
~ Alyssa Brugman
Emotion kicked logic's ass. He was going after Quinn.
~ Alyssa Day
I don't care about his quest for redemption. I don't want him anywhere near Quinn," Alaric snarled. "I will leave for St. Louis as soon as we adjourn this meeting."
~ Alyssa Day
I'm a little tired of protecting people who help the ones trying to conquer them
~ Alyssa Day
Finally, she looked up at him and met his gaze, and she gasped. He knew what must be visible on his face and therefore did not try to deny it. "You know," he rasped out. "You have always known, and you will always know that I am yours, and yet never can be. I am the most powerful high priest Poseidon has ever appointed, and yet I am too weak to hide the depths of my feelings for you.
~ Alyssa Day
Les chiffres, dont j'avais toujours admiré la calme beauté pythagoricienne, devinrent mes ennemis. La calculette aussi me voulait du mal.
~ Amelie Nothomb
L'amour : c'est une maladie qui rend mauvais. Dès que l'on aime vraiment quelqu'un, on ne peut s'empêcher de lui nuire, même et surtout si l'on veut le rendre heureux.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Ci si innamora di persone che non si sopportano, di persone che rappresentano un pericolo insostenibile... Nell'amore, io vedo un trucco del mio istinto per non assassinare l'altro.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Credo che non abbiamo la stessa concezione della parola "sentimento". Per me, voler fracassare la testa a qualcuno è un sentimento. Per lei, piangere sulla rubrica "La posta del cuore" di una rivista femminile è un sentimento.
~ Amelie Nothomb
War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test. I think war reveals only one of our deeper natures. I would rather have shown you my deeper peace-time nature.
~ Amelie Nothomb
We are wrong to despise the body: it's so much less bad than the soul. Your soul claims to want things that your body refuses. When your soul is as honest as your body, you will be able to say my name.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Hay que amar al enemigo pero no decírselo
~ Amelie Nothomb
Avanzó hacia mí con Hiroshima en el ojo derecho y Nagasaki en el izquierdo.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Elle marcha vers moi, avec Hiroshima dans l'oeil droit et Nagasaki dans l'oeil gauche.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Ainsi, en cette journée terrible où le monde entier tremblait à l'idée de la guerre imminente, un vieillard adipeux, paralytique et désarmé, avait réussi à détourner du Golfe l'attention d'une poignée et prêtres médiatiques.
~ Amelie Nothomb
One had said, 'You say you come from Ghaanna? Then we have a lot in common!' Sissie didn't know what to do with the statement, uncertain of whether it was a threat or a promise. 'We had chiefs like you,' the Scot went on, 'who fought one another and all, while the Invader marched in.' Sissie thanked her, but also felt strongly that their kinship had better end right there.
~ Ama Ata Aidoo
Guilt is born in the same hour with pleasure, like anything in this universe and its enemy.
~ Ama Ata Aidoo
For instance, it is quite clear now that all of the peoples of the earth have not always wished one another well. Indeed we are certain now, are we not, that so many people have wished us ill. They wish us ill. They have always done. They still do.
~ Ama Ata Aidoo
I shadow my gaze in your presence and pray you may ne'er be part, Of the hunger that class at my vitals of the evil that blackens my heart.
~ Amanda Ashley
I don't know what to say." "Say yes, Mistress McLeod." Ada shook her head. "I can't allow you to come calling, Mr. Bevins." "I see." He shook his head. "No, I don't see. I thought, that is . . . Why not?
~ Amanda Ashley
The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.
~ George McGovern
Every dollar added to the price of oil weakens America and strengthens her enemies.
~ Robert Zubrin
Debate and discussions strengthen democracy but violence during protests weaken democracy.
~ Ram Nath Kovind