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  1. Jane Austen _ Pride and Prejudice

    There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
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  2. Jared Diamond _ Collapse: How Societies Choose

    {T}he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.
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  3. Salman Rushdie _ East, West

    We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger elevates, transcends.
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  4. Peter S. Beagle _ Tamsin

    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.
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  5. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke
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  6. Diana Gabaldon _ Written in My Own Heart's

    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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  7. H.G. Wells _ The Invisible Man

    Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently.
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