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Quotes About Conflict

earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable--' 'Found what?' said the Duck. 'Found it,' the Mouse replied rather crossly: 'of course
~ Lewis Carroll
So that was Chris and her reading and schooling, two Chrisses there were that fought for her heart and tormented her. You hated the land and the coarse speak of the folk and learning was brave and fine one day; and the next you'd waken with the peewits crying across the hills, deep and deep, crying in the heart of you and the smell of the earth in your face, almost you'd cry for that, the beauty of it and the sweetness of the Scottish land and skies.
~ Lewis Grassic Gibbon
But as soon as the thought enters my mind, another one swims in and eats the first one like a shark. Fuck that, it burps.
~ Libba Bray
You set fire to my house, killed my family, and ate my dog. But steal my boyfriend? That's a step too far.
~ Libba Bray
Well, are you going to motivate people to bring peace to war-torn nations, or are you going to motivate people to join a cult and drink the Kool-Aid?
~ Libba Bray
In this life, you have to work with people you dislike. You find compromises. But sometimes you find that a person's beliefs are so harmful that you must speak against them. You can't let such harmful statements stand without challenge. They have a tendency to grow into tumors.
~ Libba Bray
Bitches will take your ass down if you try to publish that. Peace out.
~ Libba Bray
Sam. Don't make me kill you on a full stomach. I might get a cramp.
~ Libba Bray
I saw things in that war that a man shouldn't ever have see. Things that make you forget we're human and not just a bunch of beasts crawling out of the sludge somewhere. And the damnedest part of it all is, I couldn't for the life of me remember what we were fighting for in the first place.
~ Libba Bray
In this life, you have to work with people you dislike. You find compromises. But sometimes you find that a person's beliefs are so harmful that you must speak against them. You can't let such harmful statements stand without challenge. They have a tendency to grow into tumors.
~ Libba Bray
My father was often angry when I was most like him.
~ Lillian Hellman
In 1784, he will also order his corsairs to capture a US merchant ship, the Betsey. Once they are taken hostage, the Sultan uses the members of the Betsey's crew as bargaining tools, and in 1786 the US Congress agrees to a treaty establishing full diplomatic relations with Morocco.49 There are clear and significant
~ Linda Colley
Many neighborhood conflicts have their roots in trivial little insults made by one neighbor, which result in returned insults from the other neighbor. An insult-for-insult relationship develops, and all other avenues for friendship and communication disappear.
~ Linda Dillow
Not only are many neighborhood conflicts characterized by this insult-for-insult relationship, but many marriages, unfortunately, fall into the same trap. In the chapter on unconditional acceptance, I suggested an exercise in which you divide a sheet of paper into 2 columns and then note your mate's weaknesses in the right-hand column.
~ Linda Dillow
No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money" (Matthew 6:24).
~ Linda Dillow
I have discovered that love and empathy play side by side with anger, fear, and resentment.
~ Linda Gray Sexton
One afternoon Mother called to tell me she expected me to testify against my father: "I need you to say that you witnessed him beating me up, that I was afraid for my life.
~ Linda Gray Sexton
Humans colonizing and conquering others have a propensity for this, for burning behind them what they cannot possess or control, as if their conflicts are not with themselves and their own way of being, but with the land itself.
~ Linda Hogan
If your hero is a firefighter, your heroine better be an arsonist.
~ Linda Howard
Honey, the only experts in PMS are men. That's why men are so good at fighting wars; they learned Escape and Evade at home.
~ Linda Howard
Let's just say that, where Faith is concerned, I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock is my family, and the hard place—" he looked around with a sort of angry amusement in his eyes "—is in my pants.
~ Linda Howard
If flying meant that much to him, how had it felt to set himself a course that would deny him what he wanted most?
~ Linda Howard
Syria was one of the most dangerous places on Earth.
~ Linda Howard
No!" he roared. "I've had enough for today! A little of you goes a long way, lady!" "Please, call me Dione," she murmured. "I don't want to call you anything! My God, would you just leave me alone!" "Of course I will, when my job is finished. I can't let you ruin my record of successful cases, can I?
~ Linda Howard