Manipulating Quotes (13 quotes)

“Theoretically, I can imagine that someday we will regard or children not add creatures to manipulate or to change but rather as messengers from a world we once deeply knew, but which we have long since forgotten, who can reveal to us more about the true secrets of life, and also our own lives, than our parents were ever able to.”
― Alice Miller, For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

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“Whenever you keep score in love, you lose.”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: affection, affectionate, beloved, boyfriend, calculating, calculative, desire, falling-in-love, games, girlfriend, harmony, husband, in-love, inspiration, inspirational, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kojouri, lose, loser, loss, love, love-poem, love-quote, lover, loving, manipulating, manipulation, manipulative, marriage, mate, me-and-you, partner, passion, play, player, poem, poetry, quote, relation, relationship, score, soulmate, spouse, union, unity, wedding, wife, you-and-i, you-and-me

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“With the characteristic cunning of true love, she was already manipulating the future.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

tags: cunning, iris-murdoch, machinations, manipulating, scheming, the-future, true-love

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“ I have always believed that the key to manipulating people is to ensure that they always under- or over-estimate you. Never reveal your true abilities or plans.”
― Jonathan Sims, The Magnus Archives: Season 4

tags: manipulating

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“It’s not about describing someone as that’s typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we are. Instead, we may wish to skip the agenda of the description and embrace the wonder of the person.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

tags: agendas, bias, comfort, comfortable, connectivity, control, controlling, describing, description, engage, engaging, friend, friendship, manipulate, manipulating, people, relate, relational, relationship, relationships, social, wonder

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“Talk is cheap,’ as the old saying goes. And I would suggest that it’s so cheap that you can’t even pay people to take it. Therefore, you might want to quit producing it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

tags: advertisement, cheap, deception, lying, manipulating, pay, political, talk

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“This is my life. Sort of homeless, living out of a suitcase just one and a half weeks after the last of my immediate family members passes away.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

tags: author, colleen-hoover, dark, family, love, manipulating, pen-name, secret, tragedy, verity

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“My mother hasn’t been gone that long, but I know what you mean. Every morning that first week, I’d get up and make her breakfast, only to remember she wasn’t there to eat it.”
― Colleen Hoover

tags: author, colleen-hoover, dark, family, love, manipulating, pen-name, secret, tragedy, verity

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“I think time will definitely help, but it probably wouldn’t hurt to entertain the idea of moving. If you’re in a house they’ve never been in, the reminders of them might fade. Not having them around would become your new normal.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

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“I’m not sure it was healthy-how codependent I was. Still am, really. But when a person finds someone who makes all the negativity in their lives disappear, it’s hard not to feed off that person.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

tags: author, colleen-hoover, dark, family, love, manipulating, pen-name, secret, tragedy, verity

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“Everything about him is exactly what I needed tonight. His voice is calm and caring, and his presence is comforting.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

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“Sometimes, especially right now, I feel how much he’s drawn to me, but then other times it seems like he works so hard to deny whatever attraction there might be between us.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

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“Petrichor. It’s a word that describes the smell of fresh rain after warm weather.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

tags: author, colleen-hoover, dark, family, love, manipulating, pen-name, secret, tragedy, verity

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