"I think the whole student rebellion is not really a rebellion at all....They want a certain kind of identity, they're jockeying with each other for political power in their own culture. The basis for this behavior is a desire for notoriety."

Rebellion, Identity, Politics, Power

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"I think the whole student rebellion is not really a rebellion at all....They want a certain kind of identity, they're jockeying with each other for political power in their own culture. The basis for this behavior is a desire for notoriety."

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"Every man who has in his soul a secret feeling of revolt against any act of the State, of life, or of destiny, is on the verge of riot; and so soon as it appears, he begins to quiver, and to feel himself borne away by the whirlwind."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Rebellion, State, Life, Destiny, Emotion

"Never close your hands in the face of evil fate, get up and rebel against it."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Rebellion, Fate, Evil, Rebel, Strength

"Good. Illegal is always faster."

Eoin Colfer, Irish Author

Rebellion, Risk, Speed, Adventure

"My parents were dismayed by my love of horror movies as a young girl, then even more dismayed when I kept rooting for Dracula to win instead of Van Helsing."

Jeaniene Frost, American Author

Rebellion, Horror, Romance, Humor

"Put that in your self-righteous pipe and smoke it!!!"

R. Alan Woods, American Author

Rebellion, Truth, Observation, Wisdom

"If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

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"Hereditary boundsmen! Know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?"

Lord Byron, British Poet

Rebellion, Freedom, Revolution, Action, Courage

"Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;Lengthen night and shorten day;Every leaf speaks bliss to meFluttering from the autumn tree.I shall smile when wreaths of snowBlossom where the rose should grow;I shall sing when night's decayUshers in a drearier day."

Emily Bronte, English Novelist

Rebellion, Nature, Change, Poetry, Emotion

"She hated everything her parents loved."

Stephen Chbosky, American Author

Rebellion, Individual, Conflict, Emotion

"Yearn for the opposite, to buck the trend, to be different."

Fennel Hudson, British Author

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"The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply."

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