219 Quotes About Allies

i can live without romantic lovebut i can’t survive withoutthe women i call friendsthey know exactly what i needbefore i even know i need itthe way we hold spacefor each other is just different

War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.

In addition to reaching out for help, you will also need to reach within yourself. Your biggest ally will be your emotions. Through them, you will learn more about what really happened to you, how the abuse affected you, and what you need to do in order to heal. Your emotions will enable you to reclaim the self you long ago hid away.

Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.

Those who are coerced by force become our enemies, those who succumb to reason become our allies.

She had been transformed into a lethal machine to gather information, and destroy anyone who interfered with her.

There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like you, or you can stand up and be a leader for what is right. Always, remember this: People never remember the crowd; they remember the one person that had the courage to say and do what no one would do.

Perhaps love is a minor madness. And as with madness, it's unendurable alone. The one person who can relieve us is of course the sole person we cannot go to: the one we love. So instead we seek out allies, even among strangers and wives, fellow patients who, if they can't touch the edge of our particular sorrow, have felt something that cuts nearly as deep.

You didn't need to speak sweetly and offer patronage at every turn to these people. You had to be honest with them and show that they had more to gain from your friendship than your enmity.