Rebelliousness Quotes

“I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“Setting fire to the roofs, getting away with the loot, suiting herself. She studied modern philosophy, read Sartre on the side, smoked Gitanes, and cultivated a look of bored contempt. But inwardly, she was seething with unfocused excitement, and looking for someone to worship.”
― Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips

“I'd become an uncertain creature in her mind, and I found I liked it; she couldn't fathom what else I might be doing when her eyes weren't on me.”
― Anna Freeman, The Fair Fight

“Rebellion is as much of a cage as obedience is. They both mean living in reaction to someone else's way instead of forging your own.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

“I have a transgressive spirit, and Pop is transgression's best friend.”
― Nuno Roque

“Only true rebelliousness can change the world for the better. Be rebellious.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.' The promise of entering his rest still stands, so let us never give up. Let us, therefore, make every effort - spoudazo - make every effort to enter that rest.”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

“A great deal of my rebellious attitude really stems from a simple inability to understand what is being asked of me.”
― Philip K. Dick

“There’s every reason to toy with civilization’s boundaries, scorn predictability, challenge and scare oneself—the unexpected is rich with revitalization. Call it modern mysticism.”
― Bergendahl