Quotes About Defiance

We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Smash the table, why don't you? Kick things about. It's ever so nice to see you embrace the true spirit of the Fraternitus.

My fist flew forward. "Nicely done!" said Eldric, although it had glanced off of his palm like a pebble. "Why aren't you begging for mercy?" "I make a point never to do so," said Eldric. It puts one at a disadvantage.

The native who decides to put the program into practice, and to become its moving force, is ready for violence at all times. From birth it is clear to him that this narrow world, strewn with prohibitions, can only be called in question by absolute violence.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

Tu vero abi," inquit, "in te magis quam in me hostilia ausus. Iuberem macte virtute esse, si pro mea patriaista virtus staret: nunc iure belli liberum te intactum inviolatumque 250 hinc dimitto.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppos

The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed.

This is how it feels to be in this broken female body. This is how it feels to be alone... This is how it feels to be me. I dare you to look...and once you look, I'm going to make sure you cannot look away.

Deine Sehnsucht war, mein Leben zu zerstören, und meine war es, mein Leben dir zum Trotz zu behaupten.

Die Welt machte mich zu einer Hure, nun mache ich sie zu einem Bordell.

The world made a whore of me, now I'll make a whorehouse of the world

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." —EDMUND BURKE

If I met you in a scissor fight, I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone.

I refuse to kneel before the sights you choose to see.

Stop yelling at me," Seth demanded. Or what? "Or I'll throw rocks at you.

You choose death today," the Dragon King called. "Yes, yours," Seth replied.

All who oppose me must be broken!

The prince raised his head. "I will never serve you. You have defeated me, but you will never own me." He owed these words to those who had died for him. He owed the words to himself. To be destroyed was one thing. At least he had not surrendered.

Rollan glanced at Meilin and her panda. "What's your power going to be? Cuddling?" Meilin's face was pure ice. For a moment her lips trembled, but after that the anger only touched her eyes. She held out her arm and in a flash Jhi became a design on the back of her hand. She turned and stormed away.

You sent him to the sky to die, assassin," Kaladin said, Stormlight puffing from his lips, "but the sky and the winds are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life.

Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious." Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?

I've seen Steelheart bleed. And I will see him bleed again.