#stubborn

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

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

"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."