Enemies Quotes

“He totally lost it. Here comes the apoplexy.”
― Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

“As Merlin sat at his desk, he caught a brief glimpse of himself in the mirror on the wall opposite…He was approaching his mid-forties, tall, with dark Latin features thanks to his Spanish father. Bright green eyes sat above an aquiline nose, and his full head of jet-black hair was now speckled with the odd bit of grey.”
― Mark Ellis, Death of an Officer

“Why would you want to kidnap Herr Schiller’s grandson?”
Jansch looked at his boss. He arched his eyebrows. “I wouldn’t.”
“I know you wouldn’t. But amuse me, please.”
Jansch studied the car for a moment. “Leverage,” he said eventually.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“It’s been a decade or more since I set eyes on Daryll, and it’s immediately clear that the intervening years have been less than kind to him. He’s prematurely stooped, with a ruddy complexion and a nest of black hair that’s going thin at the crown. His once-proud nose has been broken at least once, its bulbous tip stained with a frantic network of purple veins that run through his skin like rivers. But then he’s three inches taller than me, and at least six inches bulkier all round, so in some ways he’s actually rather impressive, a sort of angry bulldozer on legs.”
― Andy Marr, A Matter of Life and Death

“Now!" cried all the boys, but with a magnificent gesture Peter invited his opponent to pick up his sword. Hook did so instantly, but with a tragic feeling that Peter was showing good form.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“[Hook] had one last triumph, which I think we need not grudge him. As he stood on the bulwark looking over his shoulder at Peter gliding through the air, he invited him with a gesture to use his foot. It made Peter kick instead of stab.

At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved.

"Bad form," he cried jeeringly, and went content to the crocodile.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“I could kill you right now.”
“What would that change?” he asked. “Both of us dead?”
― Kailey Bright, Unity

“I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it”
― Voltaire

“But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you and persecute you." Good-will produces a great aura of protection about the one who sends it, and 'no weapon that is formed against him shall prosper.' In other words, love and good will destroy the enemies within one's self therefore, onehas no enemies on the external! "There is peace on earth for him who sends goodwill to man!”
― Florence Scovel-Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It

“Somewhere, someone is justifying their actions against you, and their circle is comforting them.”
― Deanna L. Lawlis

“Those around me know I study the art of war, Those against me know that I've mastered it.”
― Mantšo Tšiu

“Those who oppose me, oppose The Lord. Let the might of their souls oppose the might of my sword.”
― Mantšo Tšiu

“They try to trick me with the things I taught them, not realising that they only know what I permit”
― Mantšo Tšiu

“The problem is not that the enemy will invade you, the problem is the internal enemies, and the traitors.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“All enemies are big ones, César thought.”
― Rosario Castellanos, Balún Canán

“Liberty and freedom will never be without its enemies, for such things are entirely perilous for those who subvert any passion for the good of their fellowman and force authoritarian, totalitarian, and other such regimes on repressed peoples. Yet, may we as American’s construct a nation united with such force and depth of determination that our enemies both home and abroad will find themselves decisively defeated before they ever step on the battlefield.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Ah, about that," she said, and shifted her wrist just enough for him to feel the blade she'd flicked free in the moment before she'd sensed his attack --- the steel now resting against his groin. 'Immortality seems like a long, long time to go without your favorite body part.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“When they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“If you have an issue with someone, I understand your pain, but I will NOT inherit your enemy (or enemies). I don’t believe in mutual friends—it’s a social construct—so I don’t believe in mutual enemies, either”
― Wordsworth Emmanuel

“If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
― Desmond Tutu

“In the end, 'so long, Martin,' is what she had yearned to say all along, and there was more satisfaction in it than any elaborate revenge fantasy she could have conjured. They were headed in different directions, and this was sufficient.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

“Just by living, everybody becomes somebody's enemy at some point.”
― NisiOisiN, NISEMONOGATARI, Part 2: Fake Tale

“Don’t be afraid to put yourself center stage and let your lovers and those who hate direct themselves to the parts and the roles that they’re most eager to play.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“My greatest enemy is the belief that I never have any part in creating my enemies.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“My best and hardest Enemies until Death are my Mirror-Reflection and Gravity.”
― Sino Melo

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy”
― Isaac Newton

“Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.”
― Robert B. Reich

“Their one heart is broken, the other heart mended
Enemies are in - forever befriended.
Chronicles of nothingness with lies after lies
A cliché to recall that time surely flies.”
― Munia Khan

“Trusting God to fight for us brings peace in the midst of turmoil, protection from harm, and victory over challenges.”
― Shaila Touchton

“When faced with enemies, we can trust God to protect and defend us, for He is our strong defender and warrior.”
― Shaila Touchton