Merrill Markoe Quotes

Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date.

B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding - when we're done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn't me. Good night Gideon.

We lead them to believe that we are in complete control over every aspect of their lives.

The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as well suited to affectations as to the affections. The letter is, by its natural shape, self-justifying; it is one's own evidence, deposition, a self-serving testimony. In a letter the writer holds all the cards, controls everything about himself and about those assertions he wishes to make concerning events or the worth of others. For completely self-centered characters, the letter form is a complex and rewarding activity.

History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power.

We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.

...counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.

He who has had, has been, but he who hasn't been, has been had.

Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you.

Never let anyone know what you're thinking - always know what the other thinks of you.

I learned that the people who have the cards are usually the ones who talk the least and the softest; those who are bluffing tend to talk loudly and give themselves away.

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.

Snap your fingers and somebody runs / You don't care how they feel just as long as they come / Got your head in the stars now you've come this far / Just who do you think you are?

She might not know what your routine is, but I do,” I said softly. “So put the lantern down. You’re not burning me yet, and we both know it.” “What’s she saying?” Sarah demanded, hobbling over. His white brows drew together, and I allowed a little smile to play on my lips. “Awfully bossy with you, isn’t she? Then again, it makes sense. She’s got the pants on, and you’re the one in the dress.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.

Never be put off by your target's anger; it is a sure sign of enslavement.

I was bullied by my siblings and cousins, so make-believe was a way in which I could be in charge. When I was like 10 and my sister was about five, I convinced her that she was going to jail because she used a bad word. The doorbell happened to ring, and I told her it was the police. I made her pack her bags. She was crying, and then I said to her, "I forgive you, and I'm gonna tell the cop to go away." Then, of course, she loved me. It was terrible - she still remembers it. I had a sordid sense of humor.

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.

In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

There's really quite a beautiful marriage between Milady's ingenuity and D'Artagnan's immaturity. When they first meet, she's trying to frame him. She's using him for a certain reason. They haven't just met by coincidence. She's singled him out for a reason. She knows that she can almost make D'Artagnan do what she wants to, and that's when D'Artagnan's immaturity comes out.