Danger Quotes by Nenia Campbell

8 Danger quotes by Nenia Campbell

Nenia Campbell brings a modern sensibility to the theme of danger in these eight brief reflections. Though the collection is small, it offers a fresh, personal take that resonates with today's readers.

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“Not all poison was bitter. Some of the deadliest poisons in the world tasted sweet; they were that much more dangerous because…

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“Humanity is a cage, and our puritanical sensibilities comprise the bars. We are confined by our own reason and intellect, and yet…

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“Such a dark green, his eyes. They reminded her of the forest, of all the dangers lying dormant behind that verdant cloak…

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“You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you.”

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“Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.”

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“If evil had a laugh, she thought it would sound like his.”

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“He acted like a libertine of Europe with a genteel Southern propriety—and had all the morals of an emotionless psychopath. The two…

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“Be careful what you wish for. Especially out loud.”

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“He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.”

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“They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals—if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first.”

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“No. I made that choice. I let all that anger and pain get twisted up in my thoughts for you.” He leaned in. “It…

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“We both want you dead. I'm bringing the friendship bracelets to the next meeting.”

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“She has built her whole life on the foundation of beauty: each chiseled plane, each sloping dimple, each soft curve as crucial as keystones…

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“Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand. "No. Just me - and my brother." Which means her parents are in…

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“I feel I could kill. I feel that I might like it. And I know that this should scare me. But it doesn't. It…

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“If people are meant to live, they'll live. If not, more room for the rest of us.”

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“You were a well-respected agent, Michael, a rags-to-riches fairytale ending. Until you became disgraced. Now it appears your own organization wishes to be rid…

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“If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed.”

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“Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own.”

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“But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.”

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