“Most Christians desire nonviolence, yes; but they are not talking about a nonviolent struggle for justice. They mean simply the absence of conflict. … The church says to the lion and the lamb, "Here, let me negotiate a truce," to which the lion replies, "Fine, after I finish my lunch."”
Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (2003), p. 4
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Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, p. 274
Twilight series, Twilight (2005)
Listen to the Lion
Song lyrics, Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…”
he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
"What a stupid lamb," I sighed.
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, p. 274
Twilight series, Twilight (2005)
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“I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany (1654), Act I, scene ii, lines 208–209. Attributed, probably falsely, to Chapman. Perhaps by George Peele.
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“Though lions to their enemies they were lambs to their friends.”
The infernal Marriage, part 2, Chapter 4 (1834).
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Actually said by Giorgos Seferis
Misattributed
2000s, Progressive magazine interview (2003)
Context: Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings