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Quotes About Defiance

Some people have a personality disorder where they just have to go against the herd, right or wrong. They're so committed to their own lone-wolf image that...Well, put it this way: if the others suddenly came over to their side, they'd switch sides.
~ Andrew Vachss
Conqueror's glory be damned. I hadn't even managed to wash my hair in a week.
~ Andromeda Romano-Lax
Sir Falwick," said Geralt, not ceasing to smile. "If he draws his sword, I'll take it from him and beat the snotty-nosed little brat's arse with the flat of his blade. And then I'll batter the door down with him.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
A w czasach pogardy ten, kto jest sam, musi zgin??.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
To hell with that! It's better to die than to live in the knowledge that you've done something that needs forgiveness.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I won't put up with such remarks, particularly from spies, of all people! I'm the king, for fuck's sake!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Provaci soltanto. Sei venuta a uccidere coloro che dormono, prova ad affrontare chi veglia su di loro. Ti piace dare dolore e morte? Anche a me. Su, entra, se ne hai il coraggio!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
When hit, you give a note which shows you're fashioned of pure steel, unlike these men molded from bird shit.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Begone from this body!' bellowed Scharley. 'You catamite fucked in the arse!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Tak tys vidÄ›l, co ta tvoje zr?da dokáže. VíÅ¡ ty ale, co dokážu já? Znám takové seknutí, po kterém zasaženému z?stane jedna líc a p?lka ?elisti. M?že to pÃ…â"¢ežít, jenže si pak už, mimo jiné, nezahraje na flétnu.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
?ycie albo ?mier?, chcecie zdycha?, to zdychajcie.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Strachliwego masz ch?opa, Mary?ka. - Edek nala? kieliszek i poda? m?zczy?nie. - Pij! Na odwag?! - Jaki on mój. Tak przychodz?... - powiedzia?a kobieta i obci?gne?a bluzk? na baniastych piersiach. - A do mnie by? przysz?a? - Edek wetkn?? kciuki za pasek i odchyli? si? z krzes?em do ty?u. - Ja boj?ca nie jestem. - ?ysne?a srebrnym z?bem i wypu?ci?a pogardliwy k??b dymu.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Only dead fish go with the flow.
~ Andy Hunt
Better to live a day on your feet than a lifetime on your knees.
~ Andy McNab
I'm not going to be pushed around by some Oswald Mosley wannabe with delusions of grandeur.
~ Andy McNab
Okay, I write overblown, purple, self-indulgent prose. So fucking what?
~ Angela Carter
I have sharp teeth inside my mouth, Inside my dark red lips, And lacquer slickly hides the claws In my red fingertips. So I conceal my armoury. Yours is all on view. You think you are possessing me- But I've got my teeth in you.
~ Angela Carter
Evil is usually attractive, because evil is defiant.
~ Angela Carter
Have you ever stared stark failure in the face, young man? The trick is, to outstare it!
~ Angela Carter
Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. You know that's no answer. You're spoiling your pretty looks, pet. Come here. She did not move. He ground out his cigarette on the window-ledge and laughed. Come here, he said again, softly. So she went.
~ Angela Carter
How pleased I was to see I strick the Beast to the heart.
~ Angela Carter
In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force.
~ Angela Carter
I could see that one of them had a bloody scratch down his cheek. Good for Kestrel!
~ Angela Dorsey
slave. And behold, our holy place, our beauty, and our glory have been laid waste; the Gentiles have profaned it. Why should we live any longer?" And Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned greatly. 1 Maccabees 2:1–14
~ Angela Elwell Hunt