Joanne Harris Quotes

Get out of my way, you cakesniffers!” said a rude, violent, and filthy little girl, shoving the Baudelaire orphans aside as she dashed by.

Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.

All right, you got that out of your system. Can I get back in the boat without you striking me again? Or should I stay out here enjoying the marine life?" "Why don't you swim around until you find a shark? Then you can discuss how much the two of you have in common

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.

To be rude is as good as being clever.

What are you doing in Nicky's room, Rachel? Oooh! He summoned you to the west coast, didn't he? Did you kill him? Good for you taking care of that little problem? I should give you a bunny!" - Algaliarept

Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

Oh, goodie. Let the bloodbath commence. (Zarek)

Shane settled his flamethrower more comfortably on his shoulders. “Ladies? After you.” “Rude,” Claire said. “I was being polite!” “Not when you have a flamethrower.

Our age has need of violence," he writes. And he is violence.

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.

Awww," Minho said. "That's almost as sweet as that time she slammed the end of a spear into your shuck face.

I'll show them 'love is worthless,'" Silena Beauregard grumbled as she strapped on her armor. "I'll pulverize them!

It seems that man's greatest natural enemy is the target.

I am never taking a trip with either of you ever again.' Eve said. 'Ever.' Excellent' Shane said. 'Then next trip, we hit the strip bar.' I have a gun, Shane,' Eve sighed. What, you think i actually loaded yours?' Eve flipped him off, and Claire laughed.

Come, therefore, and let us fling mud at them!

Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?

I don't care who gets in my way... I'm just gonna come right though and riot.

Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race--unhappily.

The most appropriate type of daily life for me was a day-by-day world destruction; peace was the most difficult and abnormal state to live in.

Is life less thrilling if your neighbors are rational, if they don’t bomb your power stations whenever they feel you need to be admonished? Is it less rousing if they don’t rattle your windows and nerves with indiscriminate sonic booms just because they can?

They will do more whether we do what we're doing or whether we don't do what we're doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we're doing or some implication that by doing what we're doing we're inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It's just - it's kind of like feeding an alligator, hoping it eats you last.