“Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.”
“The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take advantage of this difference.”
“Intelligence arouses fear and respect, the lack of it keeps one on the narrow minded road of disrespect, stupidity and inferiority complex.”
“You don t believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even – no, especially – when you stand on your dignity; and since you despise yourself, you are unable to respect your friend. You can t bring yourself to believe that anyone you have sat at table with, or shared a house with, is capable of great achievement. That is why all great men have been solitary. It is hard to think in your company, little man. One can only think about you, or for your benefit , not with you, for you stifle all big, generous ideas.”
“It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op” or “post-op” when it would so clearly be degrading and demeaning to regularly describe all boys and men as being either “circumcised” or “uncircumcised.”
“Come closer, Kurokuma. It s quite safe. Horace shuffled closer to the edge... Quite safe, my foot, he muttered to himself. And what s this Kurokuma you keep calling me? It s a term of great respect, Shigeru told him. Great respect, Shukin echoed.”
“And the quiet of the house is also the quiet of stalks and vines that no longer jangle at any touch of of wind, or bird, or person passing, but which have been laced and bound into new patterns and have been now given new stories to tell. Stories that lace and bind the earthly matters to matters not of earth.”
“What was that, Kurokuma? asked one of the escorts riding near him. The others chuckled at the name. Nothing important, Horace said. Then he looked at them suspiciously. What s this Kurokuma business? The Senshi looked at him with a completely staight face. It s a term of great respect, he said. Several others within earshot nodded confirmation. They too managed to remain straight-faced. It was a skill the Nihon-Jan had perfected. Great respect, one of them echoed.”
“Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth”
“He didn t want the respect of people who weren’t worth wiping his nose on—people who weren t worth the spatout gum attached to the bottom of his worn-out shoes. The only respect he wanted was from himself and the people who really mattered in his life. The people who really loved and cared about him.”
“For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even better. The further away we go, the more they deserve respect. This is a kind of inverted, patronising respect that puts everyone at a distance.”
“When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.”
“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”
“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”
“I have found that there are two ways of dealing with men. Either you treat them with respect, or you kill them. Anything in between merely breeds resentment and the desire for revenge.”
“Mama says that satisfaction isn t what I should search for. Respect is. Respect? I detest that word. Probably because in this world you have to respect the wrong people for the wrong reasons.”
“Fights begin and end with handshakes.”