131 Quotes About Tricks

Pretty faces have distracted incoming hands ready to stab. Sex has disguised arguments. Politeness has prevented confrontation. Laughing has slowed down revelation. Emotions have been misinterpreted as agreements. Judgment has hampered our listening. Perhaps, for now, we are more accurately defined by what we say or think and not how we seem or look.

Love is more than blind. It's brain-dead.

In my client who had confessed her “alien abduction” experience, an alter had been instructed that if she began to remember the ritual abuse she was to remember the alien abduction, so that nobody would believe her account of the ritual abuse. This program did not work with us, but you can imagine the larger consequences of such a ruse.p55

[On marriage and permanent attachment:]Well, well -- the prizes all go to the women who 'play their cards well' -- but if they can only be won in that way, I would rather lose the game ... [C]lever [women] bide their time -- make themselves indispensable first, and then se font prier [=play hard to get]. Clever -- but I can't do it.

I offer a kiss, my bed, my body. And then, for my own trick, I disappear.

You’re just spooked. It’s Halloween; we’re all kind of spooked. That’s just the way it is. - Tory

Don’t get all gothic and emo on me now. - Tory

I’m not a big fan of Halloween. Except for the dressing up part. I love picking out a costume. - Tory

[...] the old commander's trick of remaining silent and staring in thought. Stiff back. Strong posture. Outwardly in control, even if you're one step from collapsing.