#fighter

To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I. ↗

— Hannah Senesh

#defiance #determination #hope #hope-and-despair #inspiration

What is wrong with the [tale of] Two Swords?" he asked, even more surprised. "Don't you care for it?" "There is too bloody much romance in it," she said curtly. Ah, well, here was the crux of it, apparently. "Don't you like romance?" he ventured. She looked as though she were trying to decide if she should weep or, as he had earlier predicted, stick him with whatever blade she could lay her, hand on. "I don't know," she said briskly. "I see," he said, though he didn't. He wished, absently, that he'd had at least one sister. He was very well versed in what constituted courtly behavior and appropriate formal wooing practices, thanks to his father's insistence on many such lectures delivered by a dour man whose only acquaintance with women had likely come from reading about them in a book, but he had absolutely no idea how to proceed with a woman whose first instinct when faced with something that made her uncomfortable was to draw her sword. ... "I'll stop provoking you, but I will have the answer to a question. Why do you think most men woo?" "Because they have no sword skill and need something with which to occupy their time? ↗

— Lynn Kurland

#female-fighter #wooing #men

If everything could ever feel this real forever, if anything could ever be this good again, the only thing I'll ever ask of you, got to promise not to stop when I say when ↗

— Dave Grohl

#foo-fighters #musician #musician

Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness. ↗

— John Green

#nerdiness #romance #romantic

I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.' ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#bottle #even #fans #fighter #genie

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed. ↗

— Rick Schroder

#feel #fight #fighter #fought #get

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#every #fight #fighter #him #makes

I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters. Not because I'm not a fighter. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #campaign #caused #continued #distractions

Just move to the Internet, its great here. We get to live inside where the weather is always awesome. ↗

— John Green

#humor #internet #nerdfighters #humor

The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history. ↗

— Pentti Linkola

#noremorse #terrorism #terrorist #war #freedom