Deadly Quotes
534 Deadly quotes by 413 unique authors
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Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these…
— Parker J. Palmer
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Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy…
— Brandon Sanderson
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You're screening your calls?" "Why not? It saves me from conversations with idiots." "Is that an insult?" His voice dropped into a deep growl. "You're…
— Ilona Andrews
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Lady Maccon stopped suddenly. Her husband got four long strides ahead before he realized she had paused. She was starring thoughtfully up into the aether,…
— Gail Carriger
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Don't pretend", I say Breathily. "You know I'm not. I'm not ugly, but I am certainly not pretty." "Fine. You're not pretty. So?" He kisses…
— Veronica Roth
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Lust," she said. "Lust is a deadly sin." "And spanking." "I think that falls under lust." "I think it should have its own category." said…
— Cassandra Clare
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Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance.…
— Albert Pike
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In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.
— Elizabeth Goudge
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I touched the combination lock. I concentrated so hard I felt like I was dead-lifting five hundred pounds. My pulse quickening. A line of sweat…
— Rick Riordan
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He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, "You…
— Jim Butcher
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For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes…
— Lord Byron
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Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else.
— Rick Riordan
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I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread.
— Jennifer Estep
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She navigated away from the Parish Council message board and dropped into her favorite medical website, where she painstakingly entered the words "brain" and "death"…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Arrogance can be deadly.
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Not that I lack confidence in the outcome," Ferrin said, "but would you consider entrusting the piece of my neck to somebody who is not…
— Brandon Mull
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Arrogance can be deadly.” The corners of his mouth crept up. “But you didn’t hear me say that.
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Fenworth nodded. "Yes, yes. Urgent, deadly, insidious. The world is in peril and we must rise against evil." The old wizard released the general and…
— Donita K. Paul
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What would they talk about? Hi, my name's Vane and I howl at the moon late at night in the form of a wolf. I…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for…
— Hugh Howey
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Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from…
— John Muir
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Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely.
— Paulo Coelho
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Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy." I stared at Annabeth, figuring she'd crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked…
— Rick Riordan
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It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. The fact that they exist at all, their…
— Arundhati Roy
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Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.
— Marisha Pessl
Who Wrote These Deadly Quotes
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