#stubborn

"I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-""It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule."

"Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past."

"She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog."