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Quotes About Basilisk

Mallory," Dust hissed. "And the familiar basilisk. You sent my maidens for them." "My maidens? The world's maidens, surely. Do you begrudge them a little assistance, a little education?" "That is no Ben Kenobi. More une belle quelquesomething sans merci." "The question stands, my dearest Dust.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Even the most unpleasant inhabitants of the Edwin Meese Gardens housing project had never tried to shove a basilisk into Ramsey's codpiece.
~ Tad Williams
she was, like the paintings and marble pillars, a background detail in the house of the Basilisk. Only her bowing, the unexpected, enthusiastic shrieks she got out of the peasant's instrument, made her incongruous, and therefore real.
~ Patricia A. McKillip
It was the most aggressively furious crow Logan had ever heard; it sounded less like "hey, morning's here" and more like "DIE, BASILISK!
~ Tui T. Sutherland
For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That's a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that's glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it's safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that's still likely to be the last thing you ever do.
~ J. K. Rowling