Famous quotes containing the words intimate, partner and/or violence:
“We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorous and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent and intimate hours.”
—Marcel Proust (18711922)
“When a mans partner is killed hes supposed to do something about it. It doesnt make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner, and youre supposed to do something about it.”
—Dashiell Hammett (18941961)
“If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)