Allies Quotes

“Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“When we are smitten, we await love to be “remontant” and to be blooming over and over again”, like remontant roses, with blossoms scenting through all the seasons of life. Passion and patience are to be good allies, though.”
― Erik Pevernagie

“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.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, The Story of a Marriage

“Through all this ordeal his root horror had been isolation, and there are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematicians that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one. That is why, in spite of a hundred disadvantages, the world will always return to monogamy.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

“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.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“the only thing worse than a bigot is an “ally” who can’t stop congratulating themselves on their enlightenment.”
― julio alexi genao

“Where do we find allies?"
Father Yarvi smiled. "Among our enemies, where else?”
― Joe Abercrombie, Half the World

“Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“He faced the terror of that second ocean, the largest a man can face. He looked up at the tiny shores of other worlds and its great expanse. He was afraid of it, of the deepness despite the starry fields.”
― Daniel Cuervonegro, Sins of the Maker

“God’s a comfortable certainty. But us humans? I think we’re a step beyond it, an uncertainty, deep and rare and inspiring in all the best and worst ways.”
― Daniel Cuervonegro, Sins of the Maker

“War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.”
― Ian Rankin, Blood Hunt

“Downfall, failure and death cannot be far from any man who made counterfeit friends his ally and support.”
― Bamigboye Olurotimi

“It would be a mistake to suppose that all Urnings must be woman-haters. Quite the contrary. They are not seldom the faithfulest friends, the truest allies, and most convinced defenders of women.”
― Otto de Joux, Die Enterbten des Liebesgliickes. Ein Beitrag zur Seelenkunde

“You didn't need to do that," Morriumur said to me. "I came into this knowing I would be isolated."
"Yeah, well, I rarely let go of someone once I have my teeth in them," I said. "It's the warrior's way."
"What a . . . profoundly disturbing metaphor," Morriumur said, settling back down.
- Spensa & Morriumur; Starsight; Brandon Sanderson Skyward Series”
― Brandon Sanderson, Starsight

“The white liberal must honestly ask himself why he supported the movement in the first place. If he supported it for the right reasons, he will continue to support it in spite of the confusions of the present moment. But if he supported the movement for the wrong reasons, he will find every available excuse to withdraw from it now, and he will discover that he was inoculated with so mild a form of commitment that he was immune to the genuine moral article.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

“Allyship born of heroism- not altruism- will ultimately be performative and harmful.”
― Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“As Negroes move forward toward a fundamental alteration of their lives, some bitter white opposition is bound to grow, even within groups that were hospitable to earlier superficial amelioration. Conflicts are unavoidable because a stage has been reached in which the reality of equality will require extensive adjustments in the way of life of some of the white majority. Many of our former supporters will fall by the wayside as the movement presses against financial privilege. Others will withdraw as long-established cultural privileges are threatened. During this period we will have to depend on that creative minority of true believers.

The hope of the world is still in dedicated minorities. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been in the minority. That creative minority of whites absolutely committed to civil rights can make it clear to the larger society that vacillation and procrastination on the question of racial justice can no longer be tolerated. It will take such a small committed minority to work unrelentingly to win the uncommitted majority. Such a group may well transform America’s greatest dilemma into her most glorious opportunity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

“People do not make wars; governments do. And no mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. A people free to choose will always choose peace. Americans seek always to make friends of old antagonists. After a colonial revolution with Britain, we have cemented for all ages the ties of kinship between our nations... We fought two world wars in my lifetime against Germany and one with Japan, but now the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan are two of our closest allies and friends.”
― Ronald Reagan

“It was astonishing how much of the art of warfare was like the social manipulation her mother had insisted she learn: picking battlegrounds, finding allies amongst the enemies of one's enemies...”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“The white people I met were well-meaning, well-read liberal folks who happened to know all the ins and outs of racism and colonialism, but somehow positioned these problems outside of themselves rather than taking ownership of them. They did not understand themselves to be part of the problem, and they did not see themselves as benefitting from these systems of oppression. Many was themselves as strictly allies.”
― Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color

“Outlaws have to be poised, smart, and independent; they have to cultivate allies, assess risk, and keep their antennae fine-tuned to everyone and everything around them. Outlaws focus on what people can do.”
― Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

“In some situations, the attempts to "do something about this" can directly stress the person being targeted or make their situation worse. One example from my own experience is that people frequently screenshot and send me something horrible someone has said about me to give me a "heads-up" when I have purposefully reorganized my life to keep that stuff as far away from me as possible.”
― Zoe Quinn, Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate

“We both should go with you,' Rhys amended. 'But at least Azriel will be there.'

'Thanks for your confidence,' Cassian said wryly, and kissed Feyre's cheek. Rhys must have lowered her shield- for the moment.

'You two aren't even parents yet and your mother-henning has reached an unbearable level.'

'Mother-henning?' Feyre choked on a laugh.

'It's a word,' Cassian said, so casually that Nesta wondered if he comprehended the danger they were walking into.

Nesta slid her gaze to Azriel, who shrugged subtly in confirmation. Yes, they were about to venture into a lethal, ancient bog. No, Cassian didn't seem as disturbed as the two of them were.

Nesta scoffed, and Az offered her a slight smile They could be allies, that smile seemed to say. Against Cassian's utter insanity. She found herself answering Azriel with a slight smile of her own.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“now i can safely claim
the pages within these walls
are more than my allies;
they are my own”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Titans

“Our motivations are as important as our goals, use this to understand your enemy. With such knowledge you can either defeat him or, better, manipulate him into becoming your ally.
=Miles Teg”
― Brian Herbert, Hunters of Dune

“I promise you, nothing would happen to you,” Anakin said, and inside, he felt the sun-dragon roar, the way it always did in the furnace of his heart during these circumstances. When anyone showed loyalty to Anakin Skywalker, they became an ally for life. And if they ever betrayed him, that intensity would immediately invert into something much more dangerous.”
― Mike Chen, Brotherhood

“As you delineate the contours of your ambition, remain vigilant to the strengths and weaknesses of those who surround you. Friends and foes alike can be woven into your tapestry, either as allies to be cultivated or as obstacles to be overcome. Like a skilled chess player, anticipate the moves of your opponents, and prepare to outmaneuver them with foresight and guile.”
― Kevin L. Michel, Machiavellian Dreams: A Manual

“A leader sees greatness in other people. You can’t be much of a leader if all you see is yourself. Only equals make friends. A man or woman who sees other people as whole and prepared and accords them respect and the same rights has arranged his or her own allies.”
― Maya Angelou

“I saw it as a movie about this uncontrolled, individualistic, do-it-your-way form of life—our way of life—which defeated those dictatorial sons-a-bitches.” -- director John Sturges”
― Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges