Quotes To Remember

||Chapter Forty-Three|| The one with raging storms

collection: fights, angry rants, fury, and anything that verbally ignites.

[dedicated to kurt.]

1. “So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.” -Ellen Hopkins

2. “The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one mostly right.

I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle.” -Jim Butcher, Changes

3. “Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.” -Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

4. “The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” -Sigmund Freud

5. “Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.” -Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

6. “I see how it is,” I snapped. “You were all in favor of me breaking the tattoo and thinking on my own—but that’s only okay if it’s convenient for you, huh? Just like your ‘loving from afar’ only works if you don’t have an opportunity to get your hands all over me. And your lips. And . . . stuff.”

Adrian rarely got mad, and I wouldn’t quite say he was now. But he was definitely exasperated. “Are you seriously in this much self-denial, Sydney? Like do you actually believe yourself when you say you don’t feel anything? Especially after what’s been happening between us?”

“Nothing’s happening between us,” I said automatically. “Physical attraction isn’t the same as love. You of all people should know that.”

“Ouch,” he said. His expression hadn’t changed, but I saw hurt in his eyes. I’d wounded him. “Is that what bothers you? My past? That maybe I’m an expert in an area you aren’t?”

“One I’m sure you’d just love to educate me in. One more girl to add to your list of conquests.”

He was speechless for a few moments and then held up one finger. “First, I don’t have a list.” Another finger, “Second, if I did have a list, I could find someone a hell of lot less frustrating to add to it.” For the third finger, he leaned toward me. “And finally, I know that you know you’re no conquest, so don’t act like you seriously think that. You and I have been through too much together. We’re too close, too connected. I wasn’t that crazy on spirit when I said you’re my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other. Our backgrounds don’t matter. What we have is bigger than that. I love you, and beneath all that logic, calculation, and superstition, I know you love me too. Running away and fleeing all your problems isn’t going to change that. You’re just going to end up scared and confused.”

“I already feel that way,” I said quietly.

Adrian moved back and leaned into his seat, looking tired. “Well, that’s the most accurate thing you’ve said so far.”

I grabbed the basket and jerked open the car door. Without another word, I stormed off, refusing to look back in case he saw the tears that had inexplicably appeared in my eyes. Only, I wasn’t sure exactly which part of our conversation I was most upset about.”  -Richelle Mead, The Indigo Spell

7. “But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which.” -Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire

8. “Anger, Tessa thought, was satisfying in its own way, when you gave in to it. There was something gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out.” -Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

9. “What are you gonna do, angel face? Stab me with your eyebrow pencil?” -Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Kiss an Angel

10. “There is nothing worse than having an enemy who is a total loser. It's incredibly frustrating when seeking revenge against one, because you come to the realization that there is really nothing you can do to make the person's life worse than it already is. They have nothing to take, there is no way to screw them over if you have been their victim. It's maddening.” -Ashly Lorenzana

11. “It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off.” -Eric Bogosian, subUrbia

12. “Whoa, who peed in your Cheerios?” -Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo

13. “I hate you. You’re crazy. One minute you’re cool the next minute you’re throwing pointy objects at my head. Why would I ever want anything to do with you? You are the most insufferable bitch I have ever met!” Jackal yelled all the while looking straight into Mars’ eyes.

She scowled taking a step forward, hissing, “Oh, I’m insufferable huh? You’re insufferable! You never say what you mean! The only reason I even bother with you is that I’m curious. And yes! Yes I am crazy. And I’d rather be crazy and say what I mean than keep everything in and pretend I’m something I’m not, to win approval!” -L.M.N.

14. ''For they are yet but ear-kissing arguments.'' -William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act V, scene 1, line 3.

15. ''The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.'' -George Carlin

16. “I want to be strapped to a table, while a family of chickens argues over who gets to eat my legs.” -Jarod Kintz, I Want

17. “Maybe I’m strange and perverse, but I’ve always thought there was something sexy about a compelling argument.” -Therese Doucet, A Lost Argument

18. “The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say, if only we had the guts.” -Pete Wentz, Gray

19. “As she walked slowly down the hall, she could hear them arguing - nothing violent, nothing impassioned. But then, she'd not have expected that. Cavendish tempers ran cold, and they were far more likely to attack with a frozen barb than a heated cry.” -Julia Quinn, The Lost Duke of Wyndham

20. “The longer a person's twitter @username is, the harder it is to argue with them … on twitter.” -Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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