#fighting

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#father #firefighting #heaven #hell #humor

The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort. ↗

— C. J. Cherryh

#ethic #family #feed #fight #fighting

In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#magic #life

Being physically tough is measured by how many fights you win, but mental toughness is measured by how you react when all the chips are stacked against you, how fast you get back on track when life kicks you in the nuts. Any fool can win a fight, but it takes a person with true grit to never give up when all seems lost. ↗

— Benjamin Bayani

#life #toughness #life

What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#fighting #gurney-halleck #practice #preparation #training

The wounded were crying, and the rest were dying. Jack stood alone in a hallway of mangled men, who had been trained for this ↗

— Seth Tucker

#fighting #guns #monsters #werewolves #men

Horror movies...odd how they became a guideline for survival. ↗

— Riannon Frater

#zombie #movies

Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It's fascinating how easily two enemies ally at the introduction of a third. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#ally #enemies #fighting #human-nature #opposition

You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#daine #fighting #misogyny #owned #immortality

War means fighting, and fighting means killing. ↗

— Nathan Bedford Forrest

#fighting #military #war #military