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Quotes About Defiance

Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: "Death does not exist."
~ Edith Piaf
Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.'
~ Terry Pratchett
Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.
~ Elliott Smith
I have come to kill you."The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try.
~ Vernor Vinge
Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.
~ Langston Hughes
I shall soon be quite dead at last in spite of all.
~ Samuel Beckett, Malone Dies
I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
~ Robert Frost
You become a changed person when you face the reaper and deny him your soul.
~ Martha Sweeney, Killmore
Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool.
~ Emm Cole, Keeping Merminia
That's how I want to go. Taking my own way out and totally pissing everybody off at the end.
~ L.J. Smith, Night World, No. 3
When your people are lying dead around you, don't come crying to me...
~ Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire
I have faced death this night, and I have called his bluff.
~ Lucien LaCroix
You can't make me do nothing but die!
~ Richard Wright, Native Son
Rebellion leads to ruin.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
~ Virginia Woolf, The Waves
No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose.
~ Stacey Kade, The Rules
She sagged against the wall, finding it hard to breathe. It wasn't from fear. Gods, she hadn't been that turned on in years. If that was her punishment, she was going to be lippy a little more often
~ Unknown
Hands on hips, she cast him a narrowed-eye gaze. "Move.""You're not leaving.""And you're not stopping me.
~ Unknown
Come now, Pendragon Princess. You didn't get dressed up to die, we both know that.
~ Unknown
You think to judge me, MacKinnon? I've littered the ground wi' the corpses of men like you."Iain raised his blade and smiled. "You've never met a man like me.
~ Unknown
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
~ John Barrymore
I've been ready to die since before you was Born!
~ Marvel Comics
I'll never leave this Earth without a fight or at least pretend to for all of those in sight.
~ Stanley Victor Paskavich
We are so rebellious that when we die our cells refuse to live a second longer. But our souls they live always....
~ Unknown