Quotes about Defiance

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She turned back to the rest of us. "They've taken it all," she said. "They've taken every last good thing in the world." — Sebastien de Castell, Traitor's Blade
It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal educat — Timothy B. Tyson, Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absol — Julian Hawthorne, American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
First, the wind would rumble in the distance like an approaching river, then he would see grass bend, pressed by a great — Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder
A flicker of defiance flared very briefly in Rincewind's battered heart. — Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
I bow to no beast. — Keisha Keenleyside, The Demons Fib
Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance whi — Bertrand De Jouvenel, On Power
This isn't going to be pretty. Rules will be broken. Friendships will be tested. And huge risks will be taken. But they' — Lisi Harrison, Monster High
People tell you that you cannot, because they do not. — Tim Fargo
And because she worshipped joy, Kira seldom laughed and did not go to see comedies in theaters. And because she felt a p — Ayn Rand, We the Living
A lot of people call you a feminist painter.""What indeed," I say. "I hate party lines, I hate ghettos. Anyway. I'm too — Margaret Atwood
...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse — John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
Those same fists had always defied everything expected of her. — Kiersten White, And I Darken
In your absolute defiance against tyranny, lies and all odds; lies therein, your true moral strength. Rise! — Mamur Mustapha
I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance. — André Gide
Tattoos, after all, are a passionate, usually doomed assertion of mastery of your own destiny, or at least a defiant emb — Mark Simpson, Saint Morrissey: A Portrait of This Charming Man by an Alarming Fan
At first the creative mind submits to its entry into the symbolic register and gets itself structured like everyone else — Anuradha Bhattacharyya, The Lacanian Author
I KNEW I MUST do all as I was told, yet something burned inside me, a seed of defiance that must have derived from a lon — Alice Hoffman, The Marriage of Opposites
I suggest that people walk around under the moon barefoot, as I have today. There's that voice of your mom and dad and a — C. JoyBell C.
Dare to dream, for in the daring there is defiance to live beyond your circumstances — Su Williams, Dream Weaver