“This is emotional blackmail.''No, it’s life.”

“Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.”

“Unless a person can give reasons, there is, literally, no reason why anyone else should take that person seriously. But without reasons, all we are left with is emotional blackmail. We sometimes call it 'moral blackmail,' but it has nothing to do with morals, only with the implied juvenile threat of having a tantrum unless everyone else gives in.”

“Real artist cannot be blackmailed. I suspect they've been confessing shit all their life.”

“If this person is a blackmailer, El, I want you to have nothing more to do with it. Blackmailers are dangerous."Her brows rose. "You've had dealings with them before, have you?"Too bloody many times. "Attempting to blackmail the Mackenzie family is a popular pastime," Hart said.”

“Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.”