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Defense Quotes - Page 14

Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.

Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.177, Macmillan

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant.

Lawrence Clark Powell (1954). “The Alchemy of Books: And Other Essays and Addresses on Books & Writers”

An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology

Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.265, Simon and Schuster

My last defense / Is the present tense.

Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.81, Library of America

Love, like truth, is the unassailable defense.

Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses”, p.17, Vintage