You chase off every man that’s ever been interested, and you do it without even trying.
— Dianna HardyAll close friendships are marked with competition. Our earliest tests are against our siblings and playmates, and some of that rivalry endures amongst friends into adulthood. Like dogs play fighting, you learn not to bite hard.
— Christopher BollenIn love there are no friends everywhere where there is a pretty woman hostility is open.
— Victor HugoJerusalem was capital of southern Israel, known then as Judah. Isn't it true that there's always a rivalry between north and south? North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam, Northern and Southern Ireland, Yankees and Rebels, uptown and downtown. Somebody please tell me why that is? Maybe southerners get too much sun, like Mr. Sock over there, frying his threads, and northerners don't get enough (although I hardly think northern Israel a cool spot in the shade), but southern peoples--tropical and downtown types--always seem to lean toward decadence, whereas uptown, in the north, progress is favored. Decadence and progress obviously are at odds.
— Tom RobbinsDraco: Flipendo! ... Keep up, old man.Harry: We're the same age, Draco.Draco: I wear it better.
— J.K. RowlingYour wit never ceases to underwhelm me.
— A.E. KirkMine Enemy is growing old --I have at last Revenge --The Palate of the Hate departs --If any would avenge Let him be quick -- the Viand flits --It is a faded Meat --Anger as soon as fed is dead --'Tis starving makes it fat.
— Emily DickinsonRivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.
— Baltasar GraciánI'm not into those kind of rivalries. I remember standing out in front of Stratford, minding my own business. Carload of about eighty kids would pull up: 'STRATFORD SUCKS!' Am I supposed to run after these guys? I'd just stand there, you know. They'd back up. 'STRATFORD SUCKS! ...STRATFORD SUCKS!' I'd say, 'I know. I go there. You're wasting gas, man.
— Bill HicksAm I on your page?' Jesse asked.Rosie knew Jesse liked her, loved her, maybe, but this was not about that.'Yes,' Rosie said, making eye contact with Jesse. 'How could you not be on my page? ... (But) even though we are on the same page, we see the page differently,' Rosie had continued, enjoying the moment, 'my page -- which I admit you are on -- is not the page that you think you are on. You will never see the page the same as me. You cannot look through my eyes and see what I see.
— Denny Taylor