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"They were in a long line, an endless line, and as they burst from the wood there was an instant, the smallest part of a heartbeat, when all Catelyn saw was the moonlight on the point of their lance, as if a thousand willowisps were coming down the ridge, wreathed in silver. Then she blinked, and they were only men, rushing down to kill or die."
George R. R. Martin
"They were in a long line, an endless line, and as they burst from the wood there was an instant, the smallest part of a heartbeat, when all Catelyn saw was the moonlight on the point of their lance, as if a thousand willowisps were coming down the ridge, wreathed in silver. Then she blinked, and they were only men, rushing down to kill or die."
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"I tried to tell you. You said you didn't care, remember?"A muscle ticked below his eye. "You should have told me anyway.""While you had barbells within your reach? Please. I'm Disease, not Stupid."
Gena Showalter
"I tried to tell you. You said you didn't care, remember?"A muscle ticked below his eye. "You should have told me anyway.""While you had barbells within your reach? Please. I'm Disease, not Stupid."
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"Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won."
Robert Jordan
"Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won."
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"We shall have thousands of Shatovs to deal with."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"We shall have thousands of Shatovs to deal with."
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"They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humiliated in the yard. Four who are probably afraid of you. I've watched you fight. It's not training with you. Put a good edge on your sword, and they'd be dead meat; you know it, I know it, they know it. You leave them nothing. You shame them. Does that make you proud?"
George R. R. Martin
"They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humiliated in the yard. Four who are probably afraid of you. I've watched you fight. It's not training with you. Put a good edge on your sword, and they'd be dead meat; you know it, I know it, they know it. You leave them nothing. You shame them. Does that make you proud?"
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"Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular."
Laurell K. Hamilton
"Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular."
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"Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?"
Doug Coupland
"Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?"
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"Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right, they are contention over degrees of wrongness."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right, they are contention over degrees of wrongness."
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"Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself."
Dejan Stojanovic
"Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself."
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"It's like the British in Ireland in 1916' , says Oisir O'Dowd. 'The repeated the ageless macho mantra, "Force is the only thing these natives understand, so often that they ended up believing it . From that point they were doomed."
David Mitchell
"It's like the British in Ireland in 1916' , says Oisir O'Dowd. 'The repeated the ageless macho mantra, "Force is the only thing these natives understand, so often that they ended up believing it . From that point they were doomed."
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"I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school."
Orson Scott Card
"I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school."
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"When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening."
George Orwell
"When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening."
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"My point," Jason said, "is that blaming each other isn't going to solve anything. That's how the Romans and the Greeks got divided in the first place."
Rick Riordan
"My point," Jason said, "is that blaming each other isn't going to solve anything. That's how the Romans and the Greeks got divided in the first place."
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"Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated."
Criss Jami
"Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated."
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"There was just one cheeky bastard in the club that night and it started World War Three. There was a bloodbath down there, they all got locked up, and the police dogs didn't need feeding for a week after that."
Stephen Richards
"There was just one cheeky bastard in the club that night and it started World War Three. There was a bloodbath down there, they all got locked up, and the police dogs didn't need feeding for a week after that."
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"Unprovoked hostility is often but displaced self-defense: 'I must stop him before he stops me.' In many of such environments, nobody is really hateful so much as they are just fearful."
Criss Jami
"Unprovoked hostility is often but displaced self-defense: 'I must stop him before he stops me.' In many of such environments, nobody is really hateful so much as they are just fearful."
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"When two evil guys fight in a duel,the worst of both will be the winner."
Toba Beta
"When two evil guys fight in a duel,the worst of both will be the winner."
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"Stop!" he yelled at the others. "Multigrain fighting is not allowed!"
Rick Riordan
"Stop!" he yelled at the others. "Multigrain fighting is not allowed!"
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"Your brother Jaime keeps losing battles. He gave Sansa an angry look, as if it were her fault. He's been taken by the Starks and we've lost Riverrun and now her stupid brother is calling himself a king.The dwarf smiled crookedly. "All sorts of people are calling themselves kings these days."
George R. R. Martin
"Your brother Jaime keeps losing battles. He gave Sansa an angry look, as if it were her fault. He's been taken by the Starks and we've lost Riverrun and now her stupid brother is calling himself a king.The dwarf smiled crookedly. "All sorts of people are calling themselves kings these days."
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"The deepest and most sublime hatred is a hatred which creates ideals and transforms values-something whose like has never been seen on earth."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The deepest and most sublime hatred is a hatred which creates ideals and transforms values-something whose like has never been seen on earth."
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"Sometimes I feel that the wars in my country ended so early, we are still thirsty of bloodshed, murder and killing. We lost too many but not enough, the transformation from barbarian society to a human didn't complete yet."
M.F. Moonzajer
"Sometimes I feel that the wars in my country ended so early, we are still thirsty of bloodshed, murder and killing. We lost too many but not enough, the transformation from barbarian society to a human didn't complete yet."
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"Doors vurst open all along the walls, and skeletal warriors marched in, hundreds of them, from every time period and nation in Western civilization. They lined the perimeter of the room, blocking the exits.Hades bellowed, "Do you think I want war godling?"I wanted to say, 'Well, these guys don't look like peace activists'. But I thought that might be a dangerous answer."
Rick Riordan
"Doors vurst open all along the walls, and skeletal warriors marched in, hundreds of them, from every time period and nation in Western civilization. They lined the perimeter of the room, blocking the exits.Hades bellowed, "Do you think I want war godling?"I wanted to say, 'Well, these guys don't look like peace activists'. But I thought that might be a dangerous answer."
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"Perhaps Nesta will take up the blood-drinking habit, too. I certainly believe her threat to rip out my throat. Maybe she'll enjoy the taste."
Sarah J. Maas
"Perhaps Nesta will take up the blood-drinking habit, too. I certainly believe her threat to rip out my throat. Maybe she'll enjoy the taste."
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"I didn't want to kill them all. I didn't want to kill anybody! I'm not a killer! You didn't want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!"
Orson Scott Card
"I didn't want to kill them all. I didn't want to kill anybody! I'm not a killer! You didn't want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!"
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"It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage..."
Robert Frost
"It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage..."
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"My only love sprung from my only hate."
William Shakespeare
"My only love sprung from my only hate."
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"Those who are weak, never suck the blood of the enemy, as it is to be done with strength."
Auliq Ice
"Those who are weak, never suck the blood of the enemy, as it is to be done with strength."
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"Our age has need of violence," he writes. And he is violence."
Anais Nin
"Our age has need of violence," he writes. And he is violence."
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"Death, there will be death, aye. Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King's Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!"
George R. R. Martin
"Death, there will be death, aye. Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King's Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!"
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"People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally."
Bryant McGill
"People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally."
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"Fabulous' Jack said, reaching down and plucking a crimson flower. A small scream sounded from it as he severed the stem. He smiled maliciously, then started stomping with abandon through the beds of blossoms, a chorus of tinny, shrill screams punctuating every step."
Kiersten White
"Fabulous' Jack said, reaching down and plucking a crimson flower. A small scream sounded from it as he severed the stem. He smiled maliciously, then started stomping with abandon through the beds of blossoms, a chorus of tinny, shrill screams punctuating every step."
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"You are only plagued with stress in moments of conflict because you are arrogant, and believe others are transgressing by having unfavorable thoughts about you."
Bryant McGill
"You are only plagued with stress in moments of conflict because you are arrogant, and believe others are transgressing by having unfavorable thoughts about you."
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"Violence was a disease Gansey didn't think he could catch. But all around him, his friends were slowly infected."
Maggie Stiefvater
"Violence was a disease Gansey didn't think he could catch. But all around him, his friends were slowly infected."
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"She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude."
Bill Bryson
"She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude."
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"Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around here, it's hard to tell sometimes."
Kami Garcia
"Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around here, it's hard to tell sometimes."
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"Then an argument would ensue because they were men with different ideas."
S. A. Tawks
"Then an argument would ensue because they were men with different ideas."
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"...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war."
George Orwell
"...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war."
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"While you try to make peace on earth, the inhabitants of heaven are still at war."
Toba Beta
"While you try to make peace on earth, the inhabitants of heaven are still at war."
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"When someone is attacking you, they are coming to you for advice."
Bryant McGill
"When someone is attacking you, they are coming to you for advice."
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"Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands."
Jasper Fforde
"Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands."
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"Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties-""He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered."
Rick Riordan
"Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties-""He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered."
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"Make sure a conflict exists before working to resolve it."
Rajen Jani
"Make sure a conflict exists before working to resolve it."
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"War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands."
H. L. Mencken
"War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands."
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"My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator," he shouted at the cops. "They were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!"
James Patterson
"My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator," he shouted at the cops. "They were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!"
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"Now it seems like no matter what I decide, I'll be betraying someone."
Veronica Roth
"Now it seems like no matter what I decide, I'll be betraying someone."
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"If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or I might drag you into my chambers and have you pleasure me in ways you cannot even imagine. I might even take mercy on you, and that would be the cruelest injustice of all, because for you, it would only be a temporary reprieve."
Nenia Campbell
"If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or I might drag you into my chambers and have you pleasure me in ways you cannot even imagine. I might even take mercy on you, and that would be the cruelest injustice of all, because for you, it would only be a temporary reprieve."
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"But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle."
George R. R. Martin
"But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle."
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"Every war is the war for whoever's lived through it."
Margaret Atwood
"Every war is the war for whoever's lived through it."
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"And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside."
J. R. R. Tolkien
"And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside."
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"Conquest was not satisfying if it began with a surrender."
Nenia Campbell
"Conquest was not satisfying if it began with a surrender."
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