Quotes About Defiance

Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion

I knew you were in charge of me but my mind broke on its own.

Your thoughts have given up, finally.

Of course I'm not being objective it was my life As a matter of fact I feel positively defiant about

I don't want this poem to be beautiful. I do.

I will do it and do it again; I will never apologize. Why should I be sorry?

I want to be lawless; I want to be alone.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men. But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house. She let out her breath. I loves Harpo, she say. God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead before I let him beat me.

Als een jongen ooit een "luie, spottende wenkbrauw" naar me optrekt, breek ik zijn neus. - Claire

Trotseer ze, Bloem-Alice-Claire. Bied weerstand aan hun overheersing. Daar ben je sterk genoeg voor. Je bent altijd een rebel geweest, altijd op zoek naar verklaringen waar anderen de dingen klakkeloos accepteerden... Je hebt nooit toegegeven, liefje, je bent nooit met de kudde meegehobbeld. - Al

I would rather die than stay there." "Well, you might die.

Life is hard, no? And full of sorrow. The Pilani dance in defiance of death and grief and hardship. They choose to burn before the darkness, rather than to gutter out like a dim flame.

At least I won't die a slave," Maerad answered. Proud words, she thought, but she meant them.

She had already decided that, when she grew up, she was going to do whatever she pleased and not let anyone order her about.

I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't matter anymore. I am detached, contained in my own private world where he cannot reach me. It is my last refuge.

I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.

Theirs was to be a relationship of shared defiance against small-town opprobrium, an all-embracing overprotective love.

Dying is totally out of the question.

You should have had the decency to die when you needed to." "Sorry," I admitted. "I've been going through a bit of a rebellious streak. I swear it's almost over.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words from stupid Russian kidnappers can never hurt me.

Maddie shrugged at that. She actually looked like she might start chanting, Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words from stupid Russian kidnappers can never hurt me .

Why are you here?" I demanded, but the PM only smirks again. "You've been a very bad girl, Ms Blakely." I ease closer. "You're under the impression that I care, Ms Petrovic.