Fighting
Quotes - It is better to die with your boots on
“Stefan
spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several
times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.”
―
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
“As
long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his
action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”
―
Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
“There
was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited.”
―
Cary Caffrey
“All
classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign
literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a
cruel sport -- in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy."
[Quoted
in Socialism and Foreign Policy and War and the Liberal Conscience]”
―
George Bernard Shaw
“Men
have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and
fighting.”
―
William Faulkner, The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text
“There's
a moment in fighting when strength of muscle ain't everything
because
enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory.”
―
Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“You
meet me after school right here", I said.
"Why?"
he asked.
I
couldn't believe he was so stupid.
"Because
we're going to finish this fight."
"You're
crazy," Roger said.
He
got to his feet and walked away. His gang stared at me like I was a serail
killer, and they followed their leader.
I
was absolutely confused.
I
had followed the rules of fighting. i had behaved exactly the way I was
supposed to behave. But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they
followed a whole other set of mysterious rules where people apparently DID NOT
GET INTO FISTFIGHTS.
(65)”
―
Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“He'd
fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.”
―
John Green, The Fault In Our Stars
“Although
I'm an atheist, I try not to crap all over people's belief in God. It may be
nothing more than a placebo, a fairy tale that gives the hopeless hope, but
sometimes a little hope is all people need to get through the day. Imagine a
unit of soldiers under heavy enemy fire. They are told by their superiors to
hold their position, even in the face of overwhelming fire power. The soldiers
are being told that reinforcements are on the way, and that thought alone gives
them the hope and courage to continue fighting, even if ultimately the
reinforcements never arrive. I think some people simply need to believe that
God is sending them reinforcements, to get through another day.”
―
Oliver Gaspirtz
“Then,
aided by the booze, like a fool I tossed off one of those throwaway lines that
would have been better thrown away. "Ah, Frank! I thought you were going
to be down here fucking Lana.”
―
Ava Gardner, Ava: My Story
“That's
odd. It looks almost as if Nick is picking a fight with that elephant."
"Well,
the elephant started it."
"That's
irrelevant. Fighting with civilians is against the rules. Go break it up."
-Admiral
Breya Andreyasn & Sergeant Schlock”
―
Howard Tayler, The Tub of Happiness
“The
afternoon breeze would incite to a weird and flabby activity all that crowded
mass of clothing, with its vague suggestions of drowned, mutilated and
flattened humanity. Trunks without heads waved at you arms without hands; legs
without feet kicked fantastically with collapsible flourishes; and there were
long white garments, that taking the wind fairly through their neck openings
edged with lace, became for a moment violently distended as by the passage of
obese and invisible bodies. On these days you could make out that ship at a
great distance by the multi-coloured grotesque riot going on abaft her
mizzen-mast.”
―
Joseph Conrad, Falk
“There
was a ringing in his ears, like a dead phone line that he couldn’t hang up on.”
―
Mark Capell, Run, Run, Run
“It
is better to die with your boots on than to live as a bootlicker.”
―
Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
“Democrats
see our voluntary military supported by taxpayer dollars as their personal
Salvation Army. Self-interested behavior, such as deploying troops to serve the
nation, is considered boorish in Manhattan salons.”
―
Ann Coulter
“That's
right,' Mel said. 'Some vassal would come along and spear the bastard in the
name of love. Or whatever the fuck it was they fought over in those days.'
Same
things we fight over these days,' Terri said.
Laura
said, 'Nothing's changed.”
―
Raymond Carver, Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
“This
was like being in one of those National Geographic magazines. We were among the
natives now.”
―
Brandi Salazar, Faerie Tales: The Misfortune of a Teenage Socialite
“I
jumped between them holding my hands up in front of me to stop the onslaught.
We would all sit down and figure this out as rational adults. We’d been adults
for a century at least, and it should not be a problem.
It
appeared to be a problem.”
―
Jessica Fortunato, The Sin Collector
“Who
hit you?"
"Clara."
"Clara!"
"She
whaled me one in return for upsetting you. Well, at least, that was the main
reason.”
―
Kristin Cashore, Fire
“Being
in the right has got nothing to do with courage or exceptional bravery. The
forces of evil will fight just as enthusiastically or fiercely as the armies of
righteousness.”
―
Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold
“The
media feeds off of black blood like vampires. They want more of it, and they’ll
pit us against each other jus’ to see it fly like firecrackers on the Fourth of
July.”
―
Mateo Askaripour, Black Buck
