Markus Zusak Quotes

Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.

It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

The aim of war now is not to defeat your enemy – that’s probably impossible – but to change the way he and his supporters think.

With all due respect, Mr. President, you are an asshole.

Avaunt, you cullions!

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

Never make any reference to the other person's family. "You're just like your - " because that is out, completely.

Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this. "Nice socks." Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none.

Don't call people names you dirty name caller you.

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.

Americans want to win; bin Laden thinks he's winning now.

All of you, leave," Vlad responded curtly. "That's not nice," I mumbled. "You should talk to them before you bite them, too. Common curtesy.

If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay, you've called him a name. You haven't solved anything.

Shut up!" Eve yelled from somewhere upstairs. "Jackass!" "You know, when people say that, I just hear the word awesome.

A soft answer turns away anger.

When I talk to idiots, I get loud!

The non-violent movement seeks justice and reconciliation, not victory - or not just victory.

I'd address his way of trying to discourage Ian later. After all, he could have come up with something other than saying I was a whiny, smelly, trumpet-snoring bad lay.

Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.

Go Ahead, call me all the names you want," Sansa said airily. "You won't dare when I'm married to Joffrey. You'll have to bow and call me Your Grace." She shrieked as Arya flung the orange across the table. It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. "You have juice on your face, Your Grace ," Arya said.

Here we are then, I was thinking, in a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate. Fine. We will win and they will lose. A pity that we let them pick the time and place of the challenge, but we can and we will make up for that.