Quotes About Defiance

I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the dissuading arguments of my best friends.

It was in vain for Madame Defarge to struggle and to strike; Miss Pross, with the vigorous tenacity of love, always so much stronger than hate, clasped her tight, and even lifted her from the floor in the struggle that they had.

You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer," said Miss Pross, in her breathing. "Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.

In the Destroyer's steps there spring up bright creations that defy his power, and his dark path becomes a way of light to Heaven.

It was not a reckless manner, the manner in which he said these words aloud under the fast-sailing clouds, nor was it more expressive of negligence than defiance. It was the settled manner of a tired man, who had wandered and struggled and got lost, but who at length struck into his road and saw its end.

Now,' said Quilp, passing into the wooden counting-house, 'you mind the wharf. Stand upon your head agin, and I'll cut one of your feet off.' The boy made no answer, but directly Quilp had shut himself in, stood on his head before the door, then walked on his hands to the back and stood on his head there, and then to the opposite side and repeated the performance. There were indeed four sides to the counting-house, but he avoided that one where the window was,

Then tell the Wind and Fire where to stop, but don't tell me.

Ero sempre stato trattato come se avessi insistito per nascere, in opposizione ai dettami della ragione, della religione e della morale, e contro gli argomenti più dissuasivi dei miei migliori amici.

Copperfield,' he said at length, in a breathless voice, 'have you taken leave of your senses?' 'I have taken leave of you,' said I, wresting my hand away. 'You dog, I'll know no more of you.

I will not allow anybody to interfere," said Mrs. Pocket. "I am surprised, Matthew, that you should expose me to the affront of interference.

Claim your space. Draw a circle of light around it. Push back against the dark. Don't just survive. Celebrate.

Senin kurallar?n" dedi Revell, "Kendi kurallar?nda kaybedeceksin. Kara kutunun beni durduraca??n? söylüyorsun ve bu kara kutu benim ben olmam? engelleyecek demek. Ben yanl?? olduÄŸunu söylüyorum. Ben terk ettikçe senin kaybettiÄŸini söylüyorum ve eÄŸer kara kutu beni öldürürse, sonsuza dek sen kaybedersin.

And poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.

I'm a bad girl — I read past my bedtime.

Be a rebel against gravity: Skip!

Skipping: the ultimate display of nonconformity.

Ich will doch sehen, wer mich hält, - wer mich zwingt, - wer der Mensch ist, der einen Menschen zwingen kann.

Give us liberty or give us death!

She saw hopelessness as an old enemy, as persistent and inevitable as death.

Deu um pontapé na cachorra, que se afastou humilhada e com sentimentos revolucionários.

I fart in your general direction. Your mother has a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Tis but a scratch!" "A scratch? Your arm's off!" "No it isn't." "Then what's that?" "Oh come on, pansy!

Lister patted the towel rail against his left palm. 'I'm going out like I came in - screaming and kicking.' 'You can't whack Death on the head.' 'If he comes near me, I'll rip his tits off.