Quotes About Defiance

And thrice do I say to thee...bite me.

Bite me, faerie fruitcake.

I parked in front of the Field Museum under a NO PARKING sign. There were a couple of actual spots I could have used, but the drive was even closer. Besides, I found it aesthetically satisfying to defy municipal code.

Do you really think you can win?' 'Yeah. Hell, Ortega is only the third or fourth most disturbing thing I've tangled with today.' 'But even if you do win, what does it change?' 'Me getting kiilled now. That way, I get to be killed later tonight instead.' - Susan Rodriguez & Harry Dresden, Death Masks, Jim Butcher

Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.

Molly blinked, then looked at Thomas and said, Wait a minute.... We're his flunkies. You, may be, Thomas said, sneering. I'm his thug. I'm way higher than a flunky. You are high if you think I'm taking any orders from you, Molly said tartly.

Let come the forces of night! We will stand! We will get the hell out of here is what we will do, I muttered.

I hadn't gotten beaten up twice, shot, and nearly strangled to get taken out by a misguided werewolf bitch.

You!" I said, relishing the moment. "Shall not! Pass!

I hate feeling like Han Solo in a world of Jedi.

Booya! I drunkenly howled from the ground. I choked a little on the dust as I staggered back to my feet, my heart pounding, my whole body alive with strain and adrenaline. I stabbed a pointing finger toward the impact crater. That's right! Who just rocked your face ? Harry fucking Dresden! That's who!

We've got a goddamned wizard! Fuck those guys!

I didn't have any money or ID. I didn't have a credit card. Hell, I didn't have a business card. What would it say? 'Harry Dresden, Winter Knight, Targets Slain, No Barbecues, Waterslides, or Fireworks Displays.

Senator. If you call my friend a liar one more time, I will take it badly. Excuse me? Arnos said, his eyebrows rising up. I suggest you find an alternate shortsighted, egomaniacally ridiculous reason to blatantly, recklessly ignore an obvious threat to the Realm simply because you don't wish it to exist. If you cannot restrain yourself from base slander, I will be pleased to meet you in juris macto and personally rip your forked tongue from your head.

I leaned closer and gave her the look I usually save for rampaging demons and those survey people at malls.

These creatures have destroyed our lands. Murdered our people. Isana lifted her chin. Pay them for it. When Antillus Raucus looked up, his eyes were hard, cold, and clear. Watch me.

You know, sometimes I think Someone up there really hates me.

You want to play head games? Molly snarled, her blue eyes blazing. Let's go.

her look dared me to make some kind of chivalrous commentary. I didn't, and she didn't break my nose, by way of fair exchange.

Predator is not property," Grimm said in a calm, level tone. "She is not my possession. She is my home. Her crew are not my employees. They are my family. And if you threaten to take my home and destroy the livelihood of my family again, Commodore, I will be inclined to kill you where you stand.

I have been beaten, but I have not yielded. I'm not going to start yielding now.

You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels, and you put yourself in harm's way to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

Well. You've got me cornered, don't you? I'm at your mercy. Her lips quirked. She took a drag of her cigarette. And I like a man who just won't stop.

The Queen smiled with the tiniest twitch of a single corner of her mouth. Why should I do that? Because I'm coming, Octavian's image said, very quietly, for you. The Queen stood as unmoving as stone. When I'm finished, Octavian promised, nothing will be left of your kind but stories. I will burn your homes. I will bury your warriors. His voice grew even softer. I will blacken your sky with crows.