Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to…

The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever.

— Charles Lamb

Faith, I have been a truant in the law And never yet could frame my will to it, And therefore frame the law unto…

— William Shakespeare

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who…

— Colin Powell

They basically said that if I didn't show up for school they'd mark me present, they wouldn't send the truant officer after me. At…

— Dave Van Ronk

I could never understand why other kids wanted to truant - my education here gave me everything. It's the place where I really got…

— Alek Wek

Mutual defiance made them alike.

— Harper Lee

“When Dr. James Young Simpson sought to apply anesthesia to a woman in childbirth, the clergymen of his day foamed at the mouth and…

— Joseph Lewis

“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope…

— C.J. Redwine

“Dare to dream, for in the daring there is defiance to live beyond your circumstances”

— Anonymous

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

— Rene Magritte

As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the…

— Libba Bray

There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law into his…

— Hannah Arendt

If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I am going to grab the nearest…

— David Levithan

One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper…

— Billy Graham

“Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating it, as…

— Mark Helprin