Rachel Caine Quotes

Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.

You can only beat a guy down so far before he has a tendency to start listening to what you're saying.

You can't try to keep someone against their will, or it's difficult to get them to listen or have the right mentality.

I'm gonna knock people out.

When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise.

I have never put a gun to anyone's head to obligate him to marry me.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Force is not a remedy.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.

You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much.

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

I'm going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not.

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

Back off or the lizard gets it!

You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with.

Don't mess with me. I've got tanks.

There’s no reason to respect anyone’s word in that part of the world. The only thing they respect is force and the threat of force.

Boys, I've just reminded Hubert that I've got his balls in my pocket.

Weapons are only weapons if you’re willing to use them.