137 Quotes About Defiance



  • Author Kiersten White
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    We are that tree," he said, then rode ahead...It was twisted and small but green, growing sideways in defiance of gravity. It lived where nothing had any business thriving.Lana did not know whether her father meant the two of them or all of Wallachia. In her mind, the two had become indistinguishable. We are that tree, she thought..We defy death, to grow.

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  • Author Alfred Bester
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    Make it a human war,' she said fiercely. 'You're the first not to be deceived by my looks. Oh God! The boredom of the chivalrous knights and their milk-maid passion for the fairy tale princess. But I'm not like that ... inside. I'm not. I'm not. Never. Make it a savage war between us. Don't win me ... destroy me!

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  • Author Jose Rizal
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    I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.

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  • Author Tony Burgess
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    They stay like this, in silence, both aware that they have created something together. Defiance. A pushing back of a darkness that no one has ever pushed at before. A wonderful, criminal liberty to love that which has been so viciously called unlovable.

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  • Author Brandon Sanderson
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    I pointed my nose right at the bomber down below, then i hit the overburn. "Cadet?" Ironsides said. "Pilot, what are you doing?" "My weapons are gone . . . I have to ram it.""Understood," Ironsides whispered. "Saints' own speed, pilot.""What?" Jorgen said over the line. "What? Ram it? Spin!" I dove toward the enemy bomber"Spin," Jorgen said . . . "Spin you'll die." "Yes," I whispered. "But I'll win anyway.

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