A fight like this was stunning, revealing not just how much he was on the lookout for enemies, but how she too was unable to abandon argument which escalated into rage. Neither of them would back off, they held bitterly to principles.
Can't you tolerate people being different, why is this so important?
If this isn't important, nothing is.
The air seemed to grow thick with loathing. All over a matter that could never be resolved. They went to bed speechless, parted speechless the next morning, and during the day were overtaken by fear - hers that he would never come home, his that when he did she would not be there. Their luck held, however. They came together in the late afternoon pale with contrition, shaking with love, like people who had narrowly escaped an earthquake and had been walking around in naked desolation.
Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. Not because of any alleged anachronism in the old ideas – the Beatitudes remain the essential statements of the Western code – but because the idiom of life is always changing
William F. Buckley Jr.Tag: argument conservatism persuasion timelessness relevance phrasing
Just consider how terrible the day of your death will be
Others will go on speaking and you will not be able to argue back
A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas Carlyle "You’re the first girl I’ve met around here who’s real, and who cares about things and likes to do things. But half the time, you decide the conversation’s over in mid-sentence and take off. Or you ignore me when we’re at school and other people are around, and you tell your cousin that there’s nothing going on between us and that you’re not interested me at all."
"Me? What about you?"
"What about me?"
"You’re the master of saying one word and disappearing. And you have all these things that you care about, like Bea and Oliver and surfing and acting, but most people would never know that. Your father thinks you can’t wait to be a banker and all your friends think you don’t care about anything. And meanwhile you’ve gone from a person who acted like he cared about me to a professional bodyguard doing a favor for my aunt. I mean, what is the whole Secret Service act about?”
His jaw was clenched. “I don’t want anything to you.”
“Nothing’s happened to me.”
“Oh, like when you got hit by a car?”
“It didn’t hit me.”
“But I should have been there. I got caught up, talking to Mr. Dudley, and I was late, and I let you stand out there all alone.”
“Quinn, that makes no sense.”
“I just don’t want it to happen again.”
“What don’t you want to happen?”
“I don’t want anyone I care about to get hurt on my watch.”
That shut us both up. We were silent for a while, each looking out our respective windows as we sped along the highway. And then I figured it out. “This is about your mom, isn’t it?”
He just sort of shrugged. And then he said, “Probably.”
I moved closer and leaned into him. After a moment he put his arm around my shoulder. And we just stayed like that, not talking, the rest of the way to the airport.
Tag: love argument delia-truesdale quinn-riley
Those two little words -- says you -- are the most powerful argument in any discipline: theology, philosphy, even domestic harmony. They are powerful because they are true. Whenever you say something, it is you who says it. You. And what do you know?
J. Mark BertrandTag: perspective subjectivity argument
Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
Criss JamiTag: reason purpose war enemies strategy understanding argument fallacy battle debate exaggeration motives unbiased fallacies biased straw-man straw-man-fallacy strawman strawman-fallacy tactic
Kenny, when's the last time you had a physical," Roddy asks.
"What're you...the designated driver of my life?"
"Mad Dog House
Tag: argument friction-between-partners
I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win.
Criss JamiTag: knowledge speech winning right argument pretend debate correct
When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen only with her bodily ears, keeping the mental organs resolutely closed against the strongest reasoning.
Anne BrontëTag: women opinions reasoning argument withstand
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