Now do you understand? I am never changing who I am.
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.
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.
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.
Very well, said the Voice, in a tone of relief. Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently.
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...
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.
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