Laine had been very proud of herself last night. Nicholas had talked about ghosts and magic and woven a bit of a spell himself. He'd sounded so convincing, so logical, so sad, that she'd found herself...
Love' is the only weapon I have, I will defend with love, I will attack with love.
At best, people are open to scrutinizing themselves and considering their blind spots; at worst, they become defensive and angry.
Defend myself? I cannot defend the verbal repressions of a boy. A curmudgeonly, cantankerous, ill-tempered, counterfeit boy.
We as ambitious human beings can maintain self respect by influencing ourselves to behave as civil human beings and focus on our long term goals by not allowing others to take advantage of our lives.
As wars dwindled to skirmishes and our strength grew, so David was able to spend less time with military commanders and more with the engineers and overseers who were fanning out throughout the land,...
Once you being defensive in your answer. Just know there is the truth in the question you have been asked, or there is truth in what they are saying to you.
It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.
So whenever that brittle voice of dissatisfaction emerges within me, I can say Ah, my ego! There you are, old friend! It's the same thing when I'm being criticized and I notice myself reaching with ou...