Quotes About Resistance

For a trial is initiated not to render justice but to annihilate the defendant. Even when the trial is of dead people, the point is to kill them off a second time: by burning their books; by removing their names from the schoolbooks; by demolishing their monuments; by rechristening the streets that bore their names.

Do kláÅ¡tera odcházel kdysi lidé, kteÃ…â"¢í nesouhlasili se svÄ›tem a nebrali jeho trápení ani radosti za své. Ale naÅ¡e století odmítá pÃ…â"¢iznat lidem právo nesouhlasit se svÄ›tem.

Ze wilde hun vertellen dat achter het communisme, achter het fascisme, achter alle bezettingen en invallen een wezenlijker en algemener kwaad schuilde; het beeld van dat kwaad is voor haar een optocht van marcherende mensen geworden die de handen heffen en eenstemmig dezelfde lettergrepen schreeuwen. Maar ze wist dat ze hun niet kon uitleggen. Verlegen bracht ze het gesprek op een ander onderwerp.

behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil and that the image of that evil was a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unison.

La lotta dell'uomo contro il potere è la lotta della memoria contro l'oblio

La lotta dell'uomo contro il potere è la lotta della memoria contro l'oblio.

But the world was too ugly, and no one decided to rise up out of the grave.

Cel ce tinde sa urce mereu mai sus trebuie sa se astepte ca, intr-o buna zi, sa-l surprinda ameteala. Ce inseamna ameteala? Teama de a cadea? Dar cum se face ca ne cuprinde ameteala chiar atunci cand ne aflam pe o belvedere prevazuta cu o balustrada solida? Ameteala e altceva decat teama de a cadea. E vocea golului de sub noi, care ne atrage, ne ispiteste, trezind in noi dorinta caderii, careia ne impotrivim apoi, cu teama.

El embriagador, el insuperable deseo de caer. También podríamos llamarlo la borrachera de la debilidad. Uno se percata de su debilidad y no quiere luchar contra ella, sino entregarse.

?nsan?n iktidara kar?? sava??m?, belle?in unutu?a kar?? sava??m?d?r.

Berjuang berarti menempatkan kehendak seseorang terhadap orang lain dengan tujuan untuk menghancurkannya, memaksanya bertekuk lutut, dan barangkali membunuhnya.

Daarom betekende romanschrijver zijn voor mij meer dan het beoefenen van een van de vele 'literaire genres'; het was een houding, een weten, een positie, een positie die elke identificatie met een politiek, met een religie, met een ideologie, met een moraal of een collectiviteit uitslot; een bewuste, hardnekkige, woedende niet-identificatie, niet opgevat als ontsnapping of passiviteit, maar als verzet, als uitdaging, als revolte.

E se avesse avuto o un uomo che le dava degli ordini? Un uomo che voleva dominarla? Quanto tempo l'avrebbe sopportato? Nemmeno cinque minuti! Ne derivava che nessun uomo le andava bene. Né uno forte né uno debole.

You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you you hate it because you are afraid of it you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved.

I don't want to be in love but you're makin' me

He wanted to crumple her up and toss her from his mind like a scrap piece of paper filled with nonsensical doodles or dissonant words that formed unbalanced rhymes. Yet, he refused throw her away.

When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away, and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him, for the fury passed so quickly that I could hardly believe that it was ever there.

Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting. It was all very ridiculous, but I did not feel comfortable.

Death and the devil go together, and so sure as the devil grips hold of you, death is not far off, you may be sure, in some form or other, waiting, waiting, waiting.

Not kill us, Pigeon corrected. She was mainly just trying to turn us into mindless slaves.

You can't help a man who won't be helped. (p. 364)

Why not?" she asks petulantly. "Give me one good reason we shouldn't." "Because trying to fuck you is like trying to French-kiss a very … small and … lively gerbil?" I tell her. "I don't know." "Yes?" she says. "And?" "With braces?" I finish, shrugging.

And a new irony had entered the picture: I was now hearing about how irritating the Left had become from people on the Left. One evening over drinks someone sighed to me, "I don't know how we got so annoying." And at a dinner a middle-aged liberal scoffed, "Oh, I can't deal with the Resistance anymore"—and this from a gay man who'd been a proud member of it.

People have no idea how strong a pull sex, money, and power have on them until they try to resist their pull.