“you seem determined to express your displeasure to me in more and more obvious ways until I take notice. Very well, I take notice. You are wroth with me because I have used you; because I have offended against your innate right to be a useless cyst on the hindquarters of life. Yes, well, you may continue to be wroth with me, because I intend to continue making you useful. You may attempt to kill me, in which case I will destroy you; or may continue to annoy me; in which case I will cause you sufficient pain to make you stop; or you may shut up and accept the inevitable.”
VERY close to a conversation I had to have with one of the middle daughters! I cherish it, though mine didn't work out QUITE as well... ended with a smack to the face, where I'd hoped to win at the mental level. Oh, and BEFORE I GET SPAMMED, the girl struck first, and the return was FAR less than a child who thinks they can actually have a go at their parent gets, or deserves.
