Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray
I think [George] Orwell is right. There are certainly moments when political differences appear minor, and someone can claim to be non-political or to want to stay out of the fray, but today is not one of those moments.
You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule Should ever be kept at the front;-- Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.
To horse and away To the heart of the fray! Fling care to the Devil for one merry day!
Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.
I am much inclined to live from my rucksack, and let my trousers fray as they like.
I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
I know I told you once that whether God exists or not, we're on our own. But when I'm with you, I'm not.
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.
He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.
Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain "above the fray" only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable, Brother Zachariah to Clary Fray
Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller.
I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.
You know, when most girls say they want a big rock, they don't mean, you know, literally a big rock. -Clary Fray to Jace Wayland
When you love someone, you don't have a choice. Love takes your choices away. - Clary Fray
One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian. ' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated, faintly dangerous. Actually, it's just one more bullshit political philosophy.
Love takes your choices away.
What is the spirituality we need for the 21st century? We face a choice: to retire from this fray into some marshmallow paradise where we can massage away the heat of the day, the questions of the time, the injustice of the age, and live like pious moles in the heart of a twisted world. Or, we can gather our strength - our spiritual strength - for the struggle it will take to wake up from this pious sleep.
I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.