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A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.

Declaration read at Stockholm, 22 Oct. 1964, refusing the Nobel Prize, in Michel Contat and Michel Rybalka (eds.) Les crits de Sartre (1970) p. 403

Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2010). “The Basic Political Writings (Second Edition)”, p.167, Hackett Publishing

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle.

"Halle Berry Is Back on the Market for Mr. Right" by Alison Schwartz, people.com. August 12, 2010.

To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.

Gillian Flynn (2006). “Sharp Objects: A Novel”, p.193, Broadway Books

You will be dead so long as you refuse to die.

George MacDonald (2015). “Lilith”, p.176, Booklassic

We would oppose the turning of the planet and refuse the setting of the sun.

Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.5, Vintage

It's your way of fighting. You refuse to engage and then you can't lose.

Christine Feehan (2010). “Sea Storm”, p.199, Penguin