After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become entrenched in defiance of logic, plausibility, and even the passage of time, as eternal as polished marble. Richard Russo
I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: Today we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance. Benjamin Netanyahu
Good work is always done in defiance of management. Bob Woodward
In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart... well, certainly hanky, and possibly panky when we get to know one another better. Terry Pratchett
The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life. Julien Benda
I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world's muteness. Vladimir Nabokov