Territorial Quotes

“This isn't sex."
I blinked. "Oh. Then what is it?"
"An emergency!"
I started to argue and then thought twice about it. Considering what Mircea would do to Pritkin if he ever found out about this...Yeah. Emergency sounded good.”
― Karen Chance, Curse the Dawn

“Each person is a vast territory of undiscovered mystery as nebulous and uncharted as the deepest oceans and expanses of space.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“This time they're making sure they can hold what they take: conquest is always easier than subjugation.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Conservation of Shadows

“Three things lit her match without fail—abusive assholes, idiots who didn’t use their turn signals, and unannounced shifters moving in on her territory.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Forged Alliances

“She realized he looked more at home sitting at her desk than she did. How did he manage it? Somehow, he found a way to mark whatever space he occupied. He might as well lift his leg when he walked into a room.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Match Me If You Can

“Conquest was once over the outer territories, but the new conquest is for the inner-territories of our hearts.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“Territorial are dogs, and whatever the opposite.”
― Milaristw

“And as for this one...' I tried not to flinch away from meeting his stare. 'She's mine,' he said quietly, but viciously enough that Devlon and his warriors nearby heard. 'And if any of you lay a hand on her, you lose that hand. And then you lose your head.' I tried not to shiver, as Cassian and Mor showed no reaction at all. 'And once Feyre is done killing you,' Rhys smirked, 'then I'll grind your bones to dust.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“The Ukraine war is surprising. Russians killing past Russians in Ukraine. It just seems so bizarre! It is basically a territorial civil war that has been turned into an international proxy war.”
― Steven Magee

“I used to think I’m a human behavior expert, but more and more I’m beginning to realize, I’m just a wildlife expert, because the core horrors that torment society are caused not by human behavior, but by the animal within the humans. Prejudice, dogma, ultraindividualism, nationalism, fascism, fundamentalism, these are not problems of human behavior, these are classic cases of animal nature.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I used to think I’m a human behavior expert, but more and more I’m beginning to realize, I’m just a wildlife expert, because the core horrors that torment society are caused not by human behavior, but by the animal within the humans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth