Fighting
Quotes - Proper apologies have three parts
“...my
father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best
like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure,
inarticulate fury would fill the house for days, weeks, at a time, making the
air humid, hard to breathe, my father stalking around with his lower jaw
jutting out, giving him the look of a wounded, vengeful boxer, grinding his
teeth so loud you could hear it across the room ... I'm sure he told himself:
'I never hit her'. I'm sure because of this technicality he never saw himself
as an abuser. But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with bad
directions and a rage-clenched driver, a vacation that never got a chance to be
fun.”
―
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“I’ve
often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a
fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a
sword as well as any man.”
―
Karen Hawkins, How to Abduct a Highland Lord
“Proper
apologies have three parts:
1)
What I did was wrong.
2) I
feel badly that I hurt you.
3)
How do I make this better?”
―
Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
“Fighting
positions, please, ladies...'
'That's
debatable,' Halt said in an undertone to Will as they stood watching...
'The
'fighting' part or the 'ladies' part?' Will replied with a grin.
Halt
looked at him and shook his head. 'Definitely the 'ladies,'' he said. 'There's
no debate about the 'fighting.''
Will
shrugged. He knew there was an edginess to the girls' relationship and that it
had something to do with him. Why that should be so was beyond him.”
―
John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
“Go
fuck yourself," I replied, always the lady. "I'm staying here.”
―
Ava Gardner, Ava: My Story
“Ender
didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak,
and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.”
―
Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
“I've
noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets
weaker when we simply ignore it.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“It
is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”
―
Alfred Adler
“If
you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile
you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”
―
Criss Jami, Killosophy
“On
the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an
ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam
rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.
(A
Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
―
Michael G. Kramer
“I
think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such
petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children
did and that they outgrew it.”
―
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“When
the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the
Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters
the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go
Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights
and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It
Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right”
―
Fiona Apple
“Do
not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing.
Read. Work.”
―
Amy Carmichael, Gold by Moonlight
“The
human ego is the ugliest part of man. We lift up men who only show us darkness,
and put down those brave enough to show us the light. Likewise, people engage
in darkness when it is light outside, and acknowledge the light only when it is
dark. We abandon those fighting for us to cheer behind those fighting against
us. And, we only remember good people and God when it is convenient for us, and
take them for granted because their doors are always open - only to chase after
closed doors and personalities void of substance and truth.”
―
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“I
must do whatever I can to find the best partners possible."
"Did
you kick their butts?"
He
frowned. "The buttocks are among the least sensitive places to hit
someone."
I
laughed. "It's a figure of speech."
"To
kick butts. Interesting.”
―
Allison van Diepen, The Vampire Stalker
“The
next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell
him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.”
―
James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder
“Fighting
doesn’t feel good anymore. It feels like breaking something because you don’t
know how to fix it.”
―
Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son
“I
will not die without fighting for a life I am not yet done living.”
―
Bethany Wiggins, Stung
“All
relationships have ups and downs. Romantic fantasy often nurtures the belief
that difficulties and down times are an indication of a lack of love rather
than part of the process. In actuality, true love thrives of the difficulties.
The foundation of such love is the assumption that we want to grow and expand,
to become more fully ourselves. There is no change that does not bring with it
a feeling of challenge and loss. When we experience true love it may feel as
though our lives are in danger; we may feel threatened.”
―
bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
“The
"Wet Tongue Gets Stuck To A Frozen Flagpole" attack!”
―
Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 18
