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31. “You have conquered, and I yield. Yet henceforward art thou also dead – dead to the world and its hopes. In me didst thou exist – and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself.”
Edgar Allan Poe
Art, Conflict, Mortality, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Reflection, Artistic Commentary
32. “There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.” Edgar Allan Poe Conflict, Chaos, Tension, Philosophical Insight, Historical Reference, Emotional Intensity
38. “What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.” Simone Weil Economics, War, Interests, Conflict, National Priorities, Resource Competition
52. “I have been told you have extreme political views,” said Villefort, who had never been told anything of the kind but was not sorry to put forward the statement in the form of an accusation.” Alexandre Dumas Political Extremes, False Accusation, Villefort’s Tactics, Strategy, Manipulation, Conflict
59. “Charlotte was in pain, Charlotte was in torment, but he himself had given her reason enough for that; and, in respect to the rest of the whole matter of her obligation to follow her husband, that personage and she, Maggie, had so shuffled away every link between consequence and cause that the intention remained, like some famous poetic line in a dead language subject to varieties of interpretation.” Henry James Emotional Turmoil, Philosophical Reflection, Conflict, Identity, Complexity
60. “Here at present I felt afresh—for I had felt it again and again—how my equilibrium depended on the success of my rigid will, the will to shut my eyes as tight as possible to the truth that what I had to deal with was, revoltingly, against nature.” Henry James Struggle, Resilience, Willpower, Truth, Conflict
Conflict Quotes by Famous Authors
31. “You have conquered, and I yield. Yet henceforward art thou also dead – dead to the world and its hopes. In me didst thou exist – and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself.”
Edgar Allan Poe Art, Conflict, Mortality, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Reflection, Artistic Commentary
32. “There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.”
Edgar Allan Poe Conflict, Chaos, Tension, Philosophical Insight, Historical Reference, Emotional Intensity
38. “What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.”
Simone Weil Economics, War, Interests, Conflict, National Priorities, Resource Competition
52. “I have been told you have extreme political views,” said Villefort, who had never been told anything of the kind but was not sorry to put forward the statement in the form of an accusation.”
Alexandre Dumas Political Extremes, False Accusation, Villefort’s Tactics, Strategy, Manipulation, Conflict
59. “Charlotte was in pain, Charlotte was in torment, but he himself had given her reason enough for that; and, in respect to the rest of the whole matter of her obligation to follow her husband, that personage and she, Maggie, had so shuffled away every link between consequence and cause that the intention remained, like some famous poetic line in a dead language subject to varieties of interpretation.”
Henry James Emotional Turmoil, Philosophical Reflection, Conflict, Identity, Complexity
60. “Here at present I felt afresh—for I had felt it again and again—how my equilibrium depended on the success of my rigid will, the will to shut my eyes as tight as possible to the truth that what I had to deal with was, revoltingly, against nature.”
Henry James Struggle, Resilience, Willpower, Truth, Conflict
