Adamant

The mages failed, King Baelor’s prayers went unanswered, the wooden dragons burned, and Prince Aerion died screaming.” Queen Selyse was adamant.

She thinks this struggle is the most important thing, and she's adamant about being consulted when our deliberations touch on it.

And when the Duke had remained adamant about attending the dinner.

His voice was soft but the look in his eyes was adamant.

The stripling answered heatedly, and the name of Ser Morgan Dunstable was mentioned several times, but the steward had remained adamant.

If you are a stone, be adamant; if you are a plant, be the sensitive plant; if you are a man, be love.

America Centre of equal daughters, equal sons, All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old, Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich, Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother, Chair’d in the adamant of Time.

But Gerty was adamant.

“No one would know.” —The Jokes of Ancient Dune, Bene Gesserit Archives It was a long session in the no-globe’s practice hall, Duncan in a mobile cage driving the exercise, adamant that this particular training series would continue until his new body had adapted to the seven central attitudes of combat response against attack from eight directions.

“Man,” said the Ghost, “if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered what the surplus is, and where it is.

Harry had half hoped they would make things up during the two hours they were forced to pickle rats’ brains in Snape’s dungeon, but that had been the day Rita’s article had appeared, which seemed to have confirmed Ron’s belief that Harry was really enjoying all the attention.Hermione was furious with the pair of them; she went from one to the other, trying to force them to talk to each other, but Harry was adamant: He would talk to Ron again only if Ron admitted that Harry hadn’t put his name in the Goblet of Fire and apologized for calling him a liar.“I didn’t start this,” Harry said stubbornly.

(she cries) a tender heart I bear, A foe to pride: no adamant is there; And now, e'en now it melts!

The High Sparrow had been adamant, and Ser Kevan refused to lift a finger against him.

Think of forests of adamant with leaves of brilliants.

Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light; Our prison strong, this huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round Ninefold, and gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress.

I am inclined to think, however, that he is wrong, and that what Cervantes meant was not a diamond-studded throne, but an adamant pillar, a trophy in fact.

You’re not against Catch-22, are you?’ Doc Daneeka was adamant.