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• Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster--the solitary man on the beach standing upright and alone and unafraid, poised at the moment of making himself heard and known in the world, the universe.

  Robert Cormier

  Beach, Men, Thinking

  Robert Cormier (2013). “The Chocolate War”, p.196, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.

  William Goldman

  Father, Insult, Wonderful

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.128, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Children, Men, Phones

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine

  Lawrence Durrell

  Thinking, Life Is, Complicated

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• The Land of Dreams, that mystical realm, where the oddest of visions appear, come wander through scenes of joyful peace, or stampeded through nightmares of fear. Dare we open those secret doors, down dusty paths of mind, in long-forgotten corners, what memories we'll find. Who rules o'er the Kingdom of Night, where all is not what it seems? 'Tis I, the Weaver of Tales, for I am the Dreamer of Dreams!

  Brian Jacques

  Dream, Memories, Night

  Brian Jacques (2011). “The Rogue Crew”, p.8, Penguin

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• I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it, is watching it replay anew in someone else--all the awful stages picking up like a chorus that has to be sung.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Sorry, Loss, Awful

  Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't you dare weep," he commanded. "You've broken my heart." "I 'll fix it later.

  Julie Garwood

  Heart, Broken, My Heart

  Julie Garwood (2011). “The Secret”, p.217, Penguin

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• She thought, "He whom I love more than my father or mother, he of whom I am always thinking, and in whose hands I would so willingly trust my lifelong happiness. I dare do anything to win him and to gain an immortal soul.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Mother, Father, Winning

  Hans Christian Andersen (2015). “The Little Mermaid: English & Bulgarian”, p.15, Hans Christian Andersen

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• Go on,” he said in a low tone that was a dare. “Keep on poking the hungry wolf, see how naked it gets you.

  Nalini Singh

  Naked, Goes On, Tone

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• Miss Cecily," she gasped, and then her eyes went to Will. She clapped a hand over her mouth, turned, and bolted back into the house. "Oh, dear," said Tessa. "I have that effect on women," Will said. " I probably should have warned you before you agreed to marry me." "I can still change my mind," Tessa said sweetly. "Don't you dare-," he began with a breathless half laugh.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Eye, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.544, Simon and Schuster

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• If the past year were offered me again, And choice of good and ill before me set Would I accept the pleasure with the pain Or dare to wish that we had never met?

  Lady Gregory

  Pain, Past, Years

  Lady Gregory, Lucy McDiarmid, Maureen Waters (1995). “Selected writings”, Penguin USA

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• I dare because I want no misunderstanding between us. I am everything you think I am, but I love your daughter, and what I love, I protect with all of the violence in me, which, as you've guessed, is considerable.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Daughter, Thinking, Want

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• A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,— The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,— Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.

  Emily Dickinson

  Wish, Peers, Veils

  Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler (2010). “Dickinson”, p.202, Harvard University Press

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• She dares me to pour myself out like a living waterfall. She dares me to enter the soul that is more than my own; she extinguishes fear in mere seconds. She lets light come through.

  Virginia Woolf

  Light, Soul, Waterfalls

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• Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.

  Neil Gaiman

  Brave, Would Be, Scared

  Neil Gaiman (2009). “Neverwhere: A Novel”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• Go Ahead, call me all the names you want," Sansa said airily. "You won't dare when I'm married to Joffrey. You'll have to bow and call me Your Grace." She shrieked as Arya flung the orange across the table. It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. "You have juice on your face, Your Grace ," Arya said.

  George R. R. Martin

  Names, Orange, Grace

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.402, Bantam

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• Because you aren't afraid to kiss the dirt (and consequently dare to climb the sky)

  e. e. cummings

  Kissing, Sky, Dirt

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• You'd better not be trying to steal that," she said. The boy shrugged and reached for the small rolling suitcase at her feet. "I wouldn't dare." "Because I'm an excellent yeller." "I don't doubt it." "And fighter. My cousin gave me this nail file... the thing's just like a switchblade.

  Ally Carter

  Cousin, Boys, Feet

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.5, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Someday we will dare to trade good for true

  Andrea Gibson

  Someday, Trade

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• There's no way the new chimney will fall down, Lu. Not with you in charge. It wouldn't dare.

  Angie Sage

  Fall, Way, Chimneys

  Angie Sage (2014). “Fyre: Septimus Heap”, p.229, A&C Black

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• Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.

  Sherwood Anderson

  Strong, Venture, Courageous

  Sherwood Anderson (2015). “Winesburg, Ohio”, p.116, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• The power, it seduced, whispering to me to weave it into my own cells." A glance over his shoulder. "Before you, I would've no doubt accepted it and it would've destroyed me from the inside out." "Before you," she whispered, "I was shut up inside my heart, protecting it from harm, and never knowing the glory I missed." She linked her hand in his. "You and I, we're a unit. I dare any evil on this earth to tear us apart.

  Nalini Singh

  Heart, Knowing, Cells

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• Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.

  Ovid

  Love, Positive, Happy

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• Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Positive, Uplifting, Dream

  Norman Vincent Peale (1981). “You can if you think you can”, Fawcett Books

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• We can still astonish the gods in humanity
  And be the stuff of future legends,
  If we but dare to be real,
  And have the courage to see
  That this is the time to dream
  The best dream of them all.

  Ben Okri

  Inspirational, Dream, Real

  Ben Okri (2012). “Mental Fight”, p.39, Random House

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