Don't even think of arguing with me. I'm an old woman and if you fight me about it, it could give me a heart attack.
Sara HumphreysYou'd never have gotten it right. You have to hit the door just so. It took me weeks to learn."
"And what were you doing sneaking out at night?" he demanded.
"I fail to see how that is your business."
"You became my business when you took up residence
in my house."
"Well, I wouldn't have moved in if you hadn'tkidnapped me!"
"I wouldn't have kidnapped you if you hadn't been wandering about the countryside with no thought to
your own safety."
"I was certainly safer in the countryside than I was at Prewitt Hall, and you well know it."
"You wouldn't be safe in a convent," he muttered.
"If you two lovebirds can stop snapping at each other," James cut in, "I'd like to search the study before
Prewitt returns home."
Blake glared at Caroline as if this entire delay were her fault, causing her to hiss, "Don't forget that if it
weren't for me-"
"If it weren't for you," he shot back, "I would be a very happy man indeed."
"We are wasting time," James reminded them. "The both of you may remain here, if you cannot cease
your squabbling, but I am going in to search the south drawing room."
"I'll go first," Caroline announced, "since I know the way."
"You'll go behind me," Blake contradicted, "and give me directions as we go along."
"Oh, for the love of Saint Peter," James finally burst out, exasperation showing in every line of his body.
"I'll go first, if only to shut the two of you up. Caroline, you follow and give me directions. Blake, you
guard her from the rear.
Stichwörter: humor team-work arguing
These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.
Criss JamiStichwörter: passion belief christianity religion judgment hypocrisy spirituality criticism christian opposition conflict disagreement apologetics gospel prosperity exaggeration legalism bickering debating arguing denominations argumentation lukewarm
If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.
Criss JamiStichwörter: politics love difference opinions people belief hate religion opinion controversy rebellion rebel make-a-difference effectiveness controversial protesting debating arguing difference-of-opinion
Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this.
Criss JamiStichwörter: humor language psychology funny justification fallacy deceit incorrect argue debate english study babble funny-but-true debating arguing correct argumentation refutation self-justification babbling craftiness fallacies psychobabble redefine retorts wrongness
...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.
Criss JamiStichwörter: power opinions leadership authority envy spite arguing haters adversaries cherry-picking
At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth opinions controversy dislike arguing
He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.
Michel de MontaigneStichwörter: arguing being-right proving-a-point
Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
Patrick RothfussStichwörter: reason pride arguing
Excuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.
Tamora PierceStichwörter: god death alanna arguing
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