Dare Quotes - Page 36

• You really dug your own grave,” he mutters. “And I’m going to bury you in it.” “Say that louder,” I tell him, under my breath. “I dare you.

  Holly Black

  Graves, Breaths

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't take me for a fool!" Dee interrupted angrily, but then had to lean over the boat as another bout of nausea gripped him. Virginia grinned and winked at Josh. "It's hard to sound masterful when you're throwing up, isn't it?" "I hate you, Virginia Dare," Dee mumbled. "I know you don't really mean that," she said lightly. "I do," he croaked.

  Michael Scott

  Hate, Mean, Virginia

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• We must allow ourselves to think, we must dare to think, even though we fail. It is in the nature of things that we always fail, because we suddenly find it impossible to order our thoughts, because the process of thinking requires us to consider every thought there is, every possible thought. Fundamentally we have always failed, like all the others, whoever they were, even the greatest minds. At some point, they suddenly failed and their system collapsed, as is proved by their writings, which we admire because they venture farthest into failure. To think is to fail, I thought.

  Thomas Bernhard

  Writing, Thinking, Order

  Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Extinction: A Novel”, p.187, Vintage

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• Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this." "Shut up,Billy." "Think of the people in San Francisco." "I don't know any of the people in San Francisco," Virginia answered, then paused. "Well,actually I do,and I don't like them. But I do like you,Billy, and I'm not going to allow you to end up as lunch for some raggedy lion-monster-thingy." "A sphinx," Machiavelli corrected her. He was standing at the bars again. "Mistress Dare," the Italian said carefully. "I absolutely applaud you for what you want to do for your friend. But I urge you to think of the bigger picture.

  Michael Scott

  Thinking, Italian, Lunch

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• Trace cursed. He actually wanted to hit something, but a tree would break his knuckles, he didn't want to put another dent in the truck, and Dare would hit back.

  Lori Foster

  Tree, Want, Knuckles

  FaceBook post by Lori Foster from Jul 28, 2014

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• You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?

  Dr. Seuss

  Winning, Places You Go, Elbows

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take advantage of this difference.

  Wendy Shalit

  Men, Differences, Domestic Violence

  Wendy Shalit (2000). “A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• How dare the embodiment of her worst nightmare come packaged as her hottest fantasy?

  Karen Marie Moning

  Worst Nightmares, Embodiment, Fantasy

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.1300, Dell

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• If you're going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don't want to see, why in God's name would you dare the dark at all?

  Stephen King

  Dark, Light, Names

  Stephen King (2011). “Full Dark, No Stars”, p.366, Simon and Schuster

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• Distance makes everything beautiful.

  Michael Scott

  Beautiful, Distance, Virginia

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• How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

  Seth Godin

  Entrepreneur, World, Social Media

  Seth Godin (2006). “Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas”, p.11, Penguin

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• because it's Spring thingS dare to do people (& not the other way round)because it 's A pril Lives lead their own persons(in stead of everybodyelse's)but what's wholly marvellous my Darling is that you & i are more than you & i(be ca us e It's we)

  e. e. cummings

  Spring, People, Way

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• I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humor (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late (when possible). I do not travel much.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Simple, Garden, Mushrooms

  Letter to Deborah Webster, 25 Oct. 1958

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• But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be so. Neither anxiety now work can secure his daily bread, for bread is the gift of the Father.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Father, Anxiety

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• Shush me again, I dare you." - Annabelle

  Gena Showalter

  Annabelle

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• It must be important or he wouldn't dare disturb me now,” he muttered. Then he drew away to look at me. “If it's not, I'll kill him and return to you directly.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Important, Looks, Return

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• who would dare think that, forever? Some idiot girl who wouldn’t know how things played out.

  Daniel Handler

  Girl, Thinking, Forever

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.73, Egmont UK

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• Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, 'I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Children, Work Out, Growth

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1161, Manonmani Publishers

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• And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is. How I can dare to be happy is beyond me, and I hate my guts for it.

  Melina Marchetta

  Hate, Feelings, Way

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.92, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Energy, Waste, Altered

  Ellen Hopkins (2012). “Triangles: A Novel”, p.372, Simon and Schuster

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• If you dare to injure her in the least, I will await you where no policeman can step in between. And God shall judge between us two.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Two, Judging, Steps

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1022, BookCaps Study Guides

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• ...I just pulled a pretty big job and needed to hide out for awhile." "...Where's all the loot?" "That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart." Artemis put two and two together and arrived at a very unpleasant four. "You were here to rob me!" "No, I wasn't. How dare you?!

  Eoin Colfer

  Cousin, Jobs, Lying

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• Garrett must have sensed I was awake. "Hey Detective," he said to Uncle Bob, who was now trudging across the grating toward us. "I think we're losing her. I have no choice but to perform mouth-to-mouth." "Don't you dare," I said, my lids still in lockdown.

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Thinking, Choices

  Darynda Jones (2011). “First Grave on the Right”, p.127, Macmillan

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• Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!

  Immanuel Kant

  Immaturity, Enlightenment, Use

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• Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.

  Stephen King

  Fiction, Coincidence, Sometimes

  Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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