Adrian Jackson

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
― Mike Tyson

“The most important question of your life (when facing a knife) is: “Do I have to engage?” Stop and think about that. Asking that question when someone pulls a knife on you can— literally— save your life. Something else I talk about in this book is how often someone will pull a knife to scare you away. He’s showing you how serious he is. Now an interesting bit of trivia is overwhelmingly violence comes with instructions on how to avoid it. Surprise, surprise, unless you’re being a complete dick, odds are those instructions are legitimate. He’s offering you a deal: Change your behavior and he won’t hurt you. So if a guy is five feet away from you, pulls a knife, and says, “Get the fuck out of here”—take the deal!”
― Marc MacYoung, Knives, Knife Fighting, & Related Hassles: How to Survive a REAL Knife Fight

“She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

“don’t argue with an idiot, bystanders won’t be able to tell you apart,”
― S.M. Anderson, Come and Take It