Quotes About Risk

Hold on, Claire Bear! Next stop, Crazytown!

It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look before pressing his thumb to a glass plate inside the room and opening the door.

But if these past years in Morganville have taught me anything, it's that sometimes you have to just . . . jump. It's not safe. It's never safe. But sometimes you have to live dangerously.

I know, he said. We are into the Bad Idea neighborhood and heading down I Have a Bad Feeling Street. (Shane)

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.

Fire is always ready to burn the hand it warms.

You know what I mean. And by the way, you should slow down." I sighed. "You're kidding me. This is coasting. This is little old lady speed." "NASCAR drivers would have heart attacks. Slow down before we get a ticket." "Chicken.

I gambled for the soul of the Library. And I lost.

I'm more worried about you, she said. You and trouble... yeah. She heard the smile in his voice. We're like that.

micheal sighed and closed his eyes for a moment'i'm not sure that was a good idea claire:it will be if you go see her tonight and tell her well watever oh but watch out shes gone all buffy with the stakes and things

I only need to know one thing. Am I going to need the flamethrower?

I almost get killed at most parties. Hence, you can tell that's how much I love them.

Damn. That was stupid, wasn't it? We nearly got killed over ice cream.

People bond themselves into families and groups for protection, and strangers...strangers are always at risk.

Better broke than dead.

Don't bait the cougars.

In bocca al lupo' 'Crepi il lupo

No way, Eve replied. If you're going, go big. Remind me to play poker with you later, Michael said. I love a girl who'll go all in. She hip-bumped him. That's what you want to do with me later? Dude. Respect the dress, at least. Michael trailed his pale fingers down her back, following the line of her spine, all the way to the red rose. Eve shivered, and her eyes went half-closed. Whatever Michael whispered in her ear, Claire thought it was probably way too personal to hear.

He sounded oddly calm. "It's risky." My arm is in the mouth of a sphinx that's only a moment from ripping it from the socket. Risky sounds quite safe , Wolfe thought, but he didn't say it. Too many words. "Tell me!" "Work your arm free," Jess said. "Run. Make for the Minotaur. If you can make them fight each other—" Risky wasn't the right word for it. Suicidal was far more on point.

He leaned down and stared into the lion's savage eyes and said, Come on, then, if you're coming. Take a bite. But if you do, everybody will know it wasn't an accident.

I've thought about it," she said. "And I'm angry, Shane. I'm really angry. After everything we've done, everything we've risked, we're expendable. And it hurts. Believe me.

need to remember my failures as much as my successes; they teach me to think harder about the risks I'm taking. Because not all those risks are mine.

Another thing I don't want on my tombstone, Shane said. You have others? Claire asked. He held up one finger. I thought it wasn't loaded, Shane said. Second finger. Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank. Third finger. Killed over ice cream. Basically, any death that requires me to be stupid first.

Your education or your life, Claire. I'd rather you be alive and a little bit dumber.