He republishes a piece of his own writing, a fascinating kind of prose-poetry called "Elegance Is Refusal".
When I tried to interview her, she buried her head under a pillow, exclaiming, "I refuse all psychiatric care!" But beneath her refusal, I noticed something playful in her tone.
I refuse to be defined by tragedy or by a destiny not of my own choosing and with that refusal, I will choose to define who I am, who I wish to become and the legacies that I will carry forward.
Pope Sergius I's refusal to recognize them led to friction between him and Justinian.
Upon Stephen III's refusal, a large Ottoman army was sent against Moldavia.
"Is Sturridge refusal to use his right foot part of some sort of charity fundraising effort?" sputters Nick Cotter.
His article for Gourmet magazine, about the Maine Lobster festival, manages to cover vast amounts of philosophical ground, before confronting readers with genuine ethical difficulty: "Is your refusal to think about any of this the product of actual thought, or is it just that you don't even want to think about it?
Is the refusal to keep secret the identity of the police officer who killed Michael Brown permissible?
Though the choice may cause his family's destruction, Isaburo savors his refusal: "I have never felt more alive than I do now".
Their investigation of Iranian, Turkish, and Pakistani migrants in Denmark revealed, that, for migrants, indirect refusal (i.e., other persons refuse contact with the person in question) occurred more often in the case of women from patriarchal cultures, for example.
