--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Oh, and you should know . . . if you keep…" description: "\"“Oh, and you should know . . . if you keep calling me harlot, sooner or later I’m going to have a rage blackout, and then I’ll wake up to find you—awfu..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/kresley-cole-334_lanthe-thronos_oh-and-you-should-know-if-you-keep-calli_1504396.jpg" --- # Oh, and you should know . . . if you keep calling me… ![“Oh, and you should know . . . if you keep calling me harlot, sooner or later I’m going to have a rage blackout, and then I’ll wake up to find you—awfully sadly—dead.” “You threaten me? A powerless, physically weak sorceress?” he sneered. “I must amend my treatment of you forthwith.” “You’ve turned…” quote by Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/kresley-cole-334_lanthe-thronos_oh-and-you-should-know-if-you-keep-calli_1504396.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/kresley-cole-334_lanthe-thronos_oh-and-you-should-know-if-you-keep-calli_1504396.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/kresley-cole-334_lanthe-thronos_oh-and-you-should-know-if-you-keep-calli_1504396.jpg) > ““Oh, and you should know . . . if you keep calling me harlot, sooner or later I’m going to have a rage blackout, and then I’ll wake up to find you—awfully sadly—dead.” “You threaten me? A powerless, physically weak sorceress?” he sneered. “I must amend my treatment of you forthwith.” “You’ve turned into a sarcastic, unbalanced, judgmental dick.” To herself, she muttered, “Man, can I pick ’em.” “If you take issue with the term harlot, then perhaps you shouldn’t have slept with half the Lore.” “Half?” she scoffed. “Three-quarters for the win!”” [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A character confronts being labeled a harlot, threatening violence, and the power dynamics of contempt. **In simple terms:** Labels and threats reveal deep insecurities. Key Takeaway Recognize and challenge demeaning language. Themes power gender violence identity Mood tense defiant Type dialogue dramatic When to use this quote - romantic relationships - online harassment - toxic friendships Key Concepts feminist critique psychology conflict Questions to Reflect On - Why does the speaker feel compelled to threaten? - How does labeling affect power balance? 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Inside, above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-harlot-s-house-we-caught-the-tread-of-dancing-feet-we-loitered/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turnedinto a church lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-grillparzer/the-old-harlot-german-philosophy-has-finally-turnedinto-a-church-lady/) [Franz Grillparzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-grillparzer/) ## More by Kresley Cole > [“Before you were my enemy, you were my best friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/before-you-were-my-enemy-you-were-my-best-friend/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“When drops from the canopy kissed her face, he drew his wings over his head, creating a shelter. “I’ve always room for you too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/when-drops-from-the-canopy-kissed-her-face-he-drew-his-wings-over-his/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“Nix to Regin: What about that nice leopard-shifter pack that wanted to date you? 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'We can always murder them later, but we can't bring them back.'"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/she-gazed-up-at-him-just-don-t-forget-our-new-motto-leo-we-can-always/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“This was why we fought to survive. For love. Vincent had it all wrong. I’d had it wrong. Love wasn’t the most destructive force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/this-was-why-we-fought-to-survive-for-love-vincent-had-it-all-wrong-i/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“Ah, but she was a pastel wearer. She was forever dead to Sabine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/ah-but-she-was-a-pastel-wearer-she-was-forever-dead-to-sabine/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“Too bad,Elizabeth. You're Stuck with me.Not for a few decades,not for centuries. You're tied to me forever. That boy and girl offspring you talked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/too-bad-elizabeth-you-re-stuck-with-me-not-for-a-few-decades-not-for/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“He was staring at my lips, and before I could think better of it, I’d wetted them. “That’s it, bébé,” he said in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/he-was-staring-at-my-lips-and-before-i-could-think-better-of-it-i-d/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“Because of one unsuccessful beheading?” She tapped her claw to her chin. “Wow. I never thought you were such a pussy. I’m rethinking our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/because-of-one-unsuccessful-beheading-she-tapped-her-claw-to-her-chin/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“I suppose that now you'll want to sleep with me?Alas big guy I'm taken.' 'No. you're not,'Regin said. 'Am too,' Nix said. 'Mike Rowe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/i-suppose-that-now-you-ll-want-to-sleep-with-me-alas-big-guy-i-m/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“He’d given her his word—when he was soused and under duress from needing to tup her—but still his word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/he-d-given-her-his-word-when-he-was-soused-and-under-duress-from/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in other media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/i-write-what-i-like-to-read-and-i-enjoy-love-triangles-in-ya-and/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [“It's a sweet setup, I'll admit. 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Inside, above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-harlot-s-house-we-caught-the-tread-of-dancing-feet-we-loitered/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-grillparzer/the-old-harlot-german-philosophy-has-finally-turned-into-a-church-lady/) [Franz Grillparzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-grillparzer/) > [Every harlot was a virgin once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/every-harlot-was-a-virgin-once/) [William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/) > [“So sweet is this song that no one could resist it. For in it is all the passionate ache for the moonlight, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/so-sweet-is-this-song-that-no-one-could-resist-it-for-in-it-is-all/) [Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/) > [If you would not step into the harlot's house, do not go by the harlot's door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-secker/if-you-would-not-step-into-the-harlot-s-house-do-not-go-by-the-harlot/) [Thomas Secker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-secker/) > [“Death raised his brows, unashamed to be caught ogling. “Just because you’re a gutless harlot doesn’t mean I won’t find your . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole-endless-knight/death-raised-his-brows-unashamed-to-be-caught-ogling-just-because-you/) Kresley Cole; Endless Knight > [“A man who lives with his wife is safer and more venerable than a man who lives with a tramp.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/a-man-who-lives-with-his-wife-is-safer-and-more-venerable-than-a-man/) [Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/) > [“Surely hers was the heart of a harlot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-jordan/surely-hers-was-the-heart-of-a-harlot/) [Joanna Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-jordan/) > [Man loves his own ruin. The cup is so sweet that though he knows it will poison him, yet he must drink it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/man-loves-his-own-ruin-the-cup-is-so-sweet-that-though-he-knows-it/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [“It was a strange room, the door hanging off its hinges, and yet a telephone. But its last occupant was a harlot, long past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/it-was-a-strange-room-the-door-hanging-off-its-hinges-and-yet-a/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/power-without-responsibility-the-prerogative-of-the-harlot-throughout/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/dissembling-harlot-thou-art-false-in-all/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Take Tamar, for instance. She disguises herself as a harlot and sleeps with her own father-in-law, just to prove what a hypocrite he is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-torode/take-tamar-for-instance-she-disguises-herself-as-a-harlot-and-sleeps/) [Sam Torode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-torode/) > [For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/for-their-mother-hath-played-the-harlot-she-that-conceived-them-hath/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) [Browse all 24 Harlot quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harlot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Oh, and you should know . . . if you keep calling me harlot, sooner or later I’m going to have a rage blackout, and then I’ll wake up to find you—awfully sadly—dead.” “You threaten me? 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