Quotes About Rebellion

Sophie McClellen," Clay said so grimly, it got her undivided attention. "Yes, Clay?" She was surprised she had such an obedient tone at her disposal. "If you can't keep your mouth shut, what's say we talk about what you were doing up here when I told you to stay in the house and rest!" He'd started out whispering, but by the time he was done, he'd built to a roar.

She took a little pleasure in defying him. And it was a harmless defiance, especially if he didn't know she was here.

There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. Let them rest assured that this assessment is correct, probably beyond their wildest imagination, and that I will continue to do so.

Sissy tilted her chair back so far I was sure she'd fall on her head any second. Not that I cared. Maybe she'd leave if she hurt herself.

Who was this girl who thumbed her nose at two kingdoms and did as she pleased?

Duty . That was a word I hated as much as tradition .

I picked the Scholar's or the Chancellor's doors or—especially fun for me—the Timekeeper's, resetting his clock and timepieces? That had especially angered my father, but I'd only done it hoping it would create an extra hour in his day for me.

Who was this girl who thumbed her nose at two kingdoms and did as she pleased? I wanted to know. As

I love to fly. It's just you're alone, there's peace and quiet, nothing around you but clear blue sky. No one to hassle you. No one to tell you where to go or what to do. The only bad part about flying is having to come back down to the fuckin' world.

Every so often a painter has to destroy painting. Cezanne did it. Picasso did it with cubism, then Pollock did it. He busted our idea of a picture all to hell. —Willem de Kooning

Disdain for authority is the bedrock of my character.

Heresy is just philosophy that the establishment doesn't approve of

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.

May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman.

May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity— a virtuous woman. Anything, Devil, but that.

From insipid sweet wine; from men who wear moustaches; from the sort of people that call legs 'limbs'; from bedraggled white petticoats: Kind Devil, deliver me.

I kept thinking, confusing myself, and then I stopped and listed all of the things I was sorry for- weakness of character, rebelliousness, being disrespectful to my parents, touching Gabe and letting him touch me. Wanting to be loved too much. But my desires weren't that unreasonable, and why was my body made to want things it shouldn't want?

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.

Good taste is death. Vulgarity is life.

I love vulgarity, good taste is death, vulgarity is life

En él creció una tensión que se fue transformando en la rabiosa aflicción rebelde del hombre-niño que busca la fuerza de un hombre en el ruido y la furia.

There is madness in youth, but sometimes a god inspires it.

You are a very sharp-tongued little girl," mother said, looking up at me. I am two inches taller than she is. "Unless you learn to curb yourself, there will be no parties for you, and no party dresses." This was the speach [sic] that broke the Camel's back. I could endure no more. "I think," I said, "that I shall get married and end everything." Need I explain that I had no serious intention of taking the fatal step? But it was not deliberate mendasity[sic]. It was Despair.

Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.