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1 " In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny. "
― Robin Jones Gunn , Peculiar Treasures (Katie Weldon, #1)
2 " God gave laws to His people to bless them, not to burden them. Every rule either elevates the quality of human life or restores one's relationship with God after a breach. He makes no extraneous demands and He is never capricious. "
― Charles R. Swindoll
3 " Gem, there is an exception to every rule and we are going to be it. I'm not losing you. "
― Melissa Pearl , Golden Blood (Time Spirit Trilogy, #1)
4 " ..." Were hostages ever killed?" She shook her head. " Not until the end. When everything...fell apart. " All it needs," ,she said, memories clouding her mind, " is the breaking of one rule, one law. A breaking that then no one calls to account. Once that happens, once the shock passes, every law shatters. Every rule of conduct, of proper behaviour, it all vanishes. Then the hounds inside each and everyone of us is unleashed. At that moment Withal" - she met his eyes, defiant against the grief she saw in them - " we show our true selves. We are not beasts- we are something far worse. There deep inside us. You see it - the emptiness in the eyes, as horror upon horror is committed, and no one feels. No one feels a thing." --Steven Erikson... Dust of Dreams "
5 " Obey every rule that will enhance your trust in God for greater work! Break every law that might cause a tear in your relationship with Him against your destiny! "
― Israelmore Ayivor , Daily Drive 365
6 " I steadied by guitar against the table, and steadied myself with it.And forgot every rule I had ever known. "
7 " Vengeance is a way of clinging to what we have lost. A wedge in the Last Door, and through the crack we can still glimpse the faces of the dead. We strain towards it with all our being, break every rule to have it, but when we clutch it, there is nothing there. Only grief. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3)
8 " To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one! "
― Vera Nazarian , The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
9 " To every rule there are diverse sub rules which all apply to the same rule. "
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10 " Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way people have voices and votes to push back. "
11 " Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression. "
