Now do you understand? I am never changing who I am.
Because I know my daughter, she said. And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure that she pursues any given course of action is for me to forbid her to do so.
To the best of my knowledge, sir, Benedict said in an apologetic tone, no one has ever been able to tell my dear cousin anything. At all.
A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.
Annie Taliaferro had that hammerhead look about her, like a breachy range cow, or a bunch-quitting steer.
[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.
You don't get to decide, she said, where I go, or when.I know. His voice was ragged. I've always known that about you. I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am...
Very well, said the Voice, in a tone of relief. Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently.
Mais Turandot sort brusquement de son bistrot et, du bas des marches, il lui crie : Eh petite, où vas-tu comme ça ? Zazie ne lui rèpond pas, elle se contente d'allonger le pas.
There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time.
Go ahead, let them judge you.
Fat-heided creatures, the Carmichaels, she said judiciously. Loyal enough, but stubborn as rocks.Thus sayeth a Fraser, I remarked. The Carmichaels must be something special in that line.