Refusing Quotes

246 quotes by 223 authors

You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the… — Jane Austen
I sleep all day. Noises flit around the house- garbage truck in the alley, rain, tree rapping against the bedroom window. I sleep. I inhabit… — Audrey Niffenegger
raking a hand through his hair, he forced his attention to the text she'd left on the coffee table, refusing to dwell on the disconcerting… — Karen Marie Moning
The history of the church has been largely a history of "believers" refusing to believe in the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving… — Shane Claiborne
My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk. — Emily Giffin
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own… — Adrienne Rich
Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or… — John Wesley
Lying on the ceiling. Refusing to go to school. Not opening up to me. Climbing water towers. "No, she's all right. — Kami Garcia
God has a plan for His Church upon earth. But alas! we too often make our plan, and we think that we know what ought… — Andrew Murray
Dharma Bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand that they consume production and therefore have to work for the privilege of consuming, all that… — Jack Kerouac
I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; Iâ€™ve a use for it.' 'And… — Charlotte Bronte
The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You… — E. Stanley Jones
The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you… — George Orwell
Do you go see her?" "No," I said, refusing to acknowledge that I'd just seen Lissa last night. "That's not my life anymore." "Right. Your… — Richelle Mead
You canâ€™t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change. — Ursula K. Le Guin
You're killing me here, Ash. Good, she said. She'd bend a few rules, but they both knew she wasn't going to push him beyond where… — Melissa Marr
You'd help if you could, wouldn't you, boy?" I said. "It's no wonder they call you man's best friend. Faithful and loyal and true, you… — Connie Willis
Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.… — William Faulkner
I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The… — Virginia Woolf
A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing… — Elisabeth Elliot

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