Quotes About Resistance

bedframe shuddering with the force of the struggle taking place

What would I do if he forbade me to go? Alternatives raced through my mind, everything from planting the ivory letter-opener between his ribs to burning down the house with him in it. The only idea I rejected absolutely was that of giving in.

There was a sudden whoosh from above, followed immediately by a blur before my eyes and a dull thud. Captain Randall was on the ground at my feet, under a heaving mass that looked like a bundle of old plaid rags. A brown, rocklike fist rose out of the mass and descended with considerable force, meeting decisively with some bony protuberance, by the sound of the resultant crack. The Captain's struggling legs, shiny in tall brown boots, relaxed quite suddenly. I

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What the devil did ye tell me for, ye wee idiot?" he said under his breath, urging his horse up into a gallop. "What did ye think I'd do?" Just what ye damn well did was the answer. John hadn't resisted, hadn't fought back. "Go ahead and kill me," the wee bugger had said. A fresh spurt of rage curled Jamie's hands as he imagined all too well doing just that.

What would I do if he forbade me to go? Alternatives raced through my mind, everything from planting the ivory letter-opener between his ribs to burning down the house with him in it.

Fraser was regarding him through narrowed eyes. He fought the urge to look away. It's the truth, he thought defiantly. What I told you is the truth. And now you know it. Yes, said Fraser's black gaze. You think I will live quietly with it?

Ye can stick your comfort straight up your arse, MacKenzie, and your goddamned stiff prick, too!

Because to step outside the group, let alone to stand against it, was for uncounted thousands of years death to the creature who dared it. To stand against a crowd would take something more than ordinary courage; something that went beyond human instinct. And

To hell with the Red Flower," I muttered. I seized one of the trout by the tail, ran forward, and belted the bear across the nose with it as hard as I could.

To fight disease without medicine is to push against a shadow; a darkness that spreads as inexorably as night.

It was a great temptation. He felt the pull of the dark wild forest, above all, the lure of freedom. If he could but walk away into the greenwood, and stay there Ã¢â'¬Â¦ But he shook his head.

The Governor glared at him for a moment, lips pressed tight, but then his shoulders sagged in defeat. "I will," he said shortly. "But I should regard it as a great personal favor if you would endeavor not to be captured.

I'm not going to back down one bit in attacking Trump.

It took a bit of talking through administrative people, but only once did an attorney try and get in the way of the process and say their artist couldn't do it.

Weirdly, my dad didn't want me to become an actor, he was always quite resistant to it. He told me as much many times. That just made it more attractive to me.

We do not believe in authoritarian rule.

I've never been any good with authority.

The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have.

I've always been a tilter of lances against authority.

There is no Afghan Awakening Movement.

I never wanted to do a documentary or write a book.

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home.

When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.