“The earth does not argue, Is not pathetic, has no arrangements, Does not scream, haste, persuade, threaten, promise, Makes no discriminations, has no conceivable failures, Closes nothing, refuses nothing, shuts none out.” DoeEarthPromiseEnvironmentalRefuseArguingDiscriminationScreamArrangementsPatheticHaste Author:Walt Whitman
“Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it.” PeopleKindUseEyeAirPromiseJudgmentExpectationsPerformancesDeedsArguingSicknessTestamentFashionable Book:Tragedies. Poems Source: Tragedies. Poems
“Read your work out loud. Don't give me that look. Read your work aloud. Don't argue. Don't fight. It will help. I promise. I promise. I guarantee it. If you find it didn't help you, lemme know. I will let you Taser me in the face. And by "me," I mean, some other guy who will be my stand-in. Probably some real estate agent or tollbooth attendant.” IfsKnowsGivingWritingLooksMeanRealHelpingFacesGuyFightingPromiseGive MeWork OutArguingAgentsLoudGuaranteesEstatesI PromiseOther GuysEstate AgentsTasers Author:Chuck Wendig
“Soon madness has worn you down. It’s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says you’re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs.” IfsKnowsWayMindBelieveEndsMatterLaughingEasierPromiseMadnessAgreeExtremesArguingAbsurdKneesBehaveWornWorthlessBipolar Author:Marya Hornbacher
“Let's get something straight, MacKeltar. I am not going home with you. I am not going to bed with you, and I am not wasting one more moment arguing with you." "I promise not to mock you when you change your mind, lass.” MindMomentsHomePromiseBedArguingI PromiseMockChanging Your MindGoing Home Book:The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle Source: The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle