Quotes of: Against Keyword

At the same time, we held back. Because she was different. Different. We had no one to compare her to, no one to measure her against.

Stargirl

She was not vain enough to work her will against the world. But she could use the things the world had given her.

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

I manage to hold the poker face when she submits to dominance, to the summons, and swans into my arms, pressing her quivering form against mine when she embraces me.

Sveta

Desire filters toxins through my system at the sight and I lower again, shoving her against the padded wall to snake my tongue over the elixir of pain.

Sveta

As a man, I instantly became aware of the gold in her hair, her height measured against mine, and how easily she'd fit in my arms. ~Ren

Tiger's Curse

Genevieve hunched her shoulders against the storm of sound and fury and struggled to imagine a worse sort of hell. Widdershins, of course, seemed perfectly happy, but Widdershins was weird.

Thief's Covenant

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Daemon pressed his forehead against mine. "Oh, I still want to strangle you. But I'm insane. You're crazy. Maybe that's why. We just make crazy together.

Onyx

We stood side by side, and for that minute, in the stillness of that room, he was not the King. I was not not the Princess, taken against her will to the City. We were two people trying to forget.

Once

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

The Pilgrims Progress; From This World to That Which Is to Come by a New Edition

Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack ...

Plutus

The warnings given to the Hebrews against assimilating with the heathen were not more direct or explicit than are those forbidding Christians to conform to the spirit and customs of the ungodly.

Patriarchs And Prophets

As much as I'm turned on by your buff, sexy body pressing against mine, if you could please roll off of me, I'll get my guns.

Profile of Terror

Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.

The Phoenix Unchained

See," he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy

He felt a deep urge to put some order in this chaos. Leaning against a large standing-stone by the wayside, he drew out his dreambook and began to write.

The Reaches

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?

Time Enough for Love

we were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react and others pay.

Take Me On

When you build a wall to protect yourself against one person be warned--everyone is now out there except for you.

The Truth as I See It: In Poetry & Prose

Humans have reason to hate us dragons. If one dragon turns against humankind, he is a great and terrible foe.

Tales of the Wovlen: The Dragon' Son

You should've told me Tess," I murmured against her hair. "You helped me find my humanness but you took it away with your lies.

Twisted Together