WestWood 5
"tough love, love. your first day and you've already got a detention." johnny said quietly, as he lent back in his chair. jess turned to him quickly, smiling just as slyly as before. "don't worry. one way or another, i'll put him in his place."
Inflatabull
tough love, he did everything he could to make us push ourselves to be better. "well, mr. larson, i want a job. i was thinking that i could be a trainer or something."
Love........SERIOUSLY!? Chapter 10
Ah yes, 'tough love' wasn't it?" cadance nodded at that. "the only time she still matches the description of the 'love' we think of, is when she is around twilight..." "well twilight was adorably cute."
In The Sky With Diamonds - Chapter 1
She is not like my aunt rose, who believes in tough love from time to time. my breathing begins to slow down along with the trembling. i look up at her, and she looks right back at me. "thayer, you need to find someone who can help you, alright?"
Love........SERIOUSLY!? Chapter 6
Yes it was a low blow to aunty with that reference to luna but, tough love. "regardless,your attitude and demeanour should fitbetter with gryphons, then anypony elsei could send." "well you have a point there. so when do i have to leave?"
It's Just A Dream Ch.1-Introduction
Throughout my life, she has been the only person that really cared for me, i know my father cared for me as well, but he used the regular "tough love" method. and now for myself, my name's attor.
Chapter Four: Impactful Morning (edit 4/9/2015)
Twilight turned to nurse tough love, "my apologies, nurse. i need to discuss something in private with him. i need to place a private discussion spell over the two of us.
Rumination
'tough love', they like to call it. it feels more like 'stunted love', to me. people who cannot express anything but their fears, because they fear experiences so much, that they have few things to share, save their pursuit of nourishment.
Difficult Love: Part 2
My mother, being a woman made out of the tough stuff that she called "life's tough love" had simply said "trust me, the only thing i will ever call on you for is child-support."
Chapter Two - An Old Friend
He was better at the tough-love approach, but by the look of this fur, it'd just make things worse. the hare looked up, blinking away his watered eyes. 'they were gonna ... hunt me.' he said quietly. 'me!
Destiny Knot
"it's called tough love. you never take chances, and you never have." "there's no such thing as tough love," cheri shot back. "that's just an excuse. you know what i really think?
Chapter 08 - Thyme After Time - part 08
"it's called tough love," rekooh replied matter-of-factly.