I Refuse Quotes

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When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
What care I if it be "wild and improbable" and "lacking in literary art"? I refuse to be any longer hampered by such canons of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing. — Douglas Adams
I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures. — Stephenie Meyer
I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will… — Yann Martel
Sometimes my need to love hurts-- myself, my family, my cause. Is there a cure? Of course. But I refuse. Refuse to stop loving, to… — Jon Krakauer
Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform… — Albert Camus
I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. — John Kennedy Toole
Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I… — Ulrike Meinhof
But if I must be alone, I refuse to be alone as if it were something weak and distasteful, like convalescence. — M.F.K. Fisher
Please don't worry. I will always come for you. I won't let you go until you understand that." "Then I refuse to understand," she said. — Lauren Kate
I wanted to tell her everything, maybe if I'd been able to, we could have lived differently, maybe I'd be there with you now instead… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I refuse to walk faintly through life only to arrive safely at death! — Paulo Coelho
I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show. — Lisa Lutz
I'm not short," Daisy muttered. "Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse… — Lisa Kleypas
And I start to say, no. Start to ask him to please just take it off and put it away. Start to explain how it… — Alyson Noel
I believe that. But I want you to know something â€” when it comes to all this enemies nonsense, Iâ€™m out. I am a neutral… — Stephenie Meyer
Marcus Flutie slept with just about every girl on the Eastern Seaboard except me. Though, he tried to get into my panties when I was… — Megan McCafferty
I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind. — Patti Smith
You've never heard of Chaos theory? Non-linear equations? Strange attractors? Ms. Sattler, I refuse to believe you're not familiar with the concept of attraction. — Michael Crichton

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