Dare Quotes - Page 34

• How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

  Mercedes Lackey

  Clever, Hero, Cad

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• Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page. The laws of mimicry -- I call them the laws of fear. People are afraid to find themselves alone, and don't find themselves at all. I hate this moral agoraphobia -- it's the worst kind of cowardice. You can't create something without being alone. But who's trying to create here? What seems different in yourself: that's the one rare thing you possess, the one thing which gives each of us his worth; and that's just what we try to suppress. We imitate. And we claim to love life.

  Andre Gide

  Love, Hate, Men

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• My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

  Oscar Wilde

  Important, Said, Young

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.242, Wordsworth Editions

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• Don't think small when you pray. God has a way to bring your dreams to pass if you'll dare to be bold enough to ask.

  Joel Osteen

  Dream, Thinking, Way

  Twitter post from Jul 28, 2011

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• In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

  Euripides

  Judging, Sides, Cases

  "Heracleidae". Play by Euripides, 430 BCE.

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• [Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.

  Aristophanes

  War, Winning, Men

  "Lysistrata". Book by Aristophanes, 411 BCE.

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• Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat you badly and eventually you will be unemployed. And if you're a little better than competent, everyone expects miracles from you, every single time. Like most of life, it's a no-win situation. And if you dare to mention it, no matter how creatively you phrase your complaints, you are shunned as a whiner.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Jobs, Winning, People

  Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.27, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• The phone rang, picked up, and the same male voice announced, “Chris Powers." "Hey there, Chris. Are you aware it's a felony to make threats over the phone?" To give Powers his fair due, he got over his shock within a split second. “Try it, asshole. I dare you. My lawyers will have you for lunch.” He clicked off again. I did what any red-blooded American male would do. I called my big, ex-cop ex-boyfriend.

  Josh Lanyon

  Ex Boyfriend, Phones, Voice

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• Emma hears me come up the stairs and asks me to watch a movie with her. I stick Band-Aids on my weeping cuts, put on pink pajamas so we match, and snuggle with her under her rainbow comforter. She arranges all of her stuffed animals around us in a circle, everyone facing the TV, then presses play...Ghosts dare not enter here.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Cutting, Animal, Play

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• They’re waiting for you. Go on in.” Adrian leaned close to Keith’s ear and spoke in an ominous voice. “If.You.Dare.” He poked Keith’s shoulder and gave a "Muhahaha” kind of monster laugh.

  Richelle Mead

  Voice, Laughing, Waiting

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.34, Penguin

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• I don't dare start thinking in the morning. I don't dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head-- So I don't dare start thinking in the morning.

  Langston Hughes

  Morning, Thinking, Bed

  Langston Hughes (2004). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Gospel plays, operas, and later dramatic works”, p.528, University of Missouri Press

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• I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Mistake, Too Late, Done

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1619, BookCaps Study Guides

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• It leaned forward, elbows on its knees, all amusement vanishing from its features, leaving its chiseled visage quietly regal, dignified. "I give you my word, Gabrielle O'Callaghan," it said softly. "I will protect you." "Right. The word of the blackest fairy, the legendary liar, the great deceiver," she mocked. How dare it offer its word like it might actually mean something? A muscle leapt in its jaw. "That is not all I have been, Gabrielle. I have been, and am, many things." "Oh, of course, silly me, I left out consummate seducer and ravager of innocence.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Liars, Silly, Mean

  Karen Marie Moning (2004). “The Immortal Highlander”, p.70, Delacorte Press

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• I will destroy you. No matter how long it takes, no matter what it costs me. I won’t sleep, I won’t eat. I won’t do anything but plot your downfall. I will mow down your men like they’re weeds. I’ll kill so many of them so viciously, so brutally, so horribly that no one will dare to work for you. And sooner or later, I’ll get you too.

  Jennifer Estep

  Weed, Sleep, Men

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• A tiny dark object came sailing out of the window and landed at the giant's feet. Polybotes yelled, "Grenade!" He covered his face. His troops hit the ground. When the thing did not explode, Polybotes bent down cautiously and picked it up. He roared in outrage. "A Ding Dong? You dare insult me with a Ding Dong?" He threw the cake back at the shop, and it vaporized in the light.

  Rick Riordan

  Dark, Feet, Light

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• Well, the news has got around. The Duchess of Keepsake has invited us to a ball, Sir Henry and Lady Withering have invited us to a ball, and Lord and Lady Hangfinger have invited us to... yes, a ball." "Well, that's a lot of..." "Don't you dare, Sam.

  Terry Pratchett

  Balls, News, Lords And Ladies

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• Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Stay Strong, Strong Women

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• The true Love Dare. To move into His presence and listen to His love unending and know the grace uncontainable. This is the vault of the miracles. The only thing that can change us, the world, is this- all His love.

  Ann Voskamp

  Moving, Miracle, Grace

  Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.59, Zondervan

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• A comedy isn’t about being funny...a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Character, May, Comedy

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• But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not keep truth concealed, Their thoughts and visions to the common herd revealed, Since time began we've crucified and burned

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Vision, Common, Speak

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John R. Williams (1999). “Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy ; with the Unpublished Scenarios for the Walpurgis Night and the Urfaust”, p.167, Wordsworth Editions

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• When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.

  Patrick Süskind

  Done, Proud, Firsts

  Patrick Süskind (2015). “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”, p.236, Penguin UK

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• Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Couple, Book, Answers

  Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.129, Scholastic Inc.

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• There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love the noblest lady in the world, the most gracious and beautiful, and that there was nothing in my love that made her fall short in her high duty.

  Anthony Hope

  Beautiful, Fall, Thinking

  Anthony Hope (2006). “Prisoner of Zenda EasyRead Comfort Editi”, p.275, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Ah. In my experience, when people say they don't know whether they love someone, they usually mean no.

  Michael Scott

  Mean, Virginia, People

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• So you should be able to see them clearly in your imagination. We always find it easier to visualize what we fear; it's what keeps us afraid of the dark.

  Michael Scott

  Dark, Virginia, Imagination

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