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Quotes About Dagger

The prince put the dagger on the table. "Sorry." Yorick bent forward and looked up into his eyes. "Don't forget our respective places here. I'm your clown. Your plaything. Your toy. Scarcely human. No need to apologise.
~ A.J. Hartley
And in that unlikely moment, as she held his dagger poised high, ready to strike, Royce Westmoreland thought she was the most magnificent creature he'd ever beheld; a wild, beautiful, enraged angel of retribution, her chest rising and falling with fury as she courageously confronted an enemy who towered over her.
~ Judith McNaught
La daga golpeó el pecho de Chuck con un ruido húmedo y desagradable,
~ James Dashner
Jerott thought, acidly, that a slip of that dagger, if it happened, would save Francis Crawford a large sum of money.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
It just seems like overkill when you already have a dagger and I have superpowerful magic at my disposal." 'Superpowerful?'"He stood up, a gold chain dangling from his fingers. Let me remind you of two words, Mercer: Bad. Dog.
~ Rachel Hawkins
Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way.
~ Anne Fortier
My poems are like a dagger Sprouting flowers from the hilt; My poetry is like a fountain Sprinkling streams of coral water.
~ Jose Marti
I passed through the short chancel, and reached the step that led up to the small gate in the chancel-rail. I threw the beam from my lantern upon the dagger. Yes, I thought, it's all right. Abruptly, it seemed to me that there was something wanting, and I leaned forward over the chancel-gate to peer, holding the light high. My suspicion was hideously correct. The dagger had gone. Only the cross-shaped sheath hung there above the altar.
~ William Hope Hodgson
...but hope seduces like a silver tongue, double-edged like a dagger that cuts both ways.
~ Charlie Fletcher
He pulled out a dagger from ... she wasn't sure where. Did he have that in his loin cloth? What else does he have in there? (Amy's thoughts, The Witching Pen)
~ Dianna Hardy, The Witching Pen
The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived, their delicate poisonous blooms, their dagger green leaves.
~ Janet Finch
Leo's voice boomed over the loudspeaker: 'SURRENDER! YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY ONE SPANKING HOT WAR MACHINE!' The giant Enceladus howled in outrage. 'Valdez!' 'WHAT'S UP, ENCHILADAS?' Leo's voice roared back. 'NICE DAGGER IN YOUR FOREHEAD.' 'GAH!' The giant pulled Katoptris out of his head. 'Monsters: destroy that ship!
~ Rick Riordan
Which meant his only assets were one whiny imprisoned goddess, one sort-of-girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.
~ Rick Riordan
Piper bit her lip. The last thing she wanted to do was check Katopris for more terrifying images. 'I've tried,'she said.'The dagger doesn't always show what I want to see. In fact,it hardly ever does' 'Please,'Percy said.'Try again.' He pleaded with those sea-green eyes, like a cute baby seal that needed help.Piper wondered how Annabeth ever won an argument with this guy. 'Fine,'she sighed,and drew her dagger
~ Rick Riordan
Neither torch nor dagger, Annabeth said firmly. There is a third test, which I will pass. A third test? the pater demanded. Mithras was born from rock, Annabeth said, hoping she was right. He emerged fully grown from the stone, holding his dagger and torch. The screaming and wailing told her she had guessed correctly. The big mother knows all! a ghost cried. That is our most closely guarded secret! Then maybe you shouldn't put a statue of it on your altar, Annabeth thought.
~ Rick Riordan
Leo's voice boomed over the loudspeaker: SURRENDER! YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY ONE SPANKING HOT WAR MACHINE! The giant Enceladus howled in outrage. "Valdez!" WHAT'S UP, ENCHILADAS? Leo's voice roared back. NICE DAGGER IN YOUR FOREHEAD.
~ Rick Riordan
Yes. Your plan is sound. I will go first." Moria stood at his back, dagger raised. Gavril pushed the door. It did not budge. He eyed it and seemed ready to bash his shoulder into it when she whispered, "You cannot fight with a dislocated sword arm, Kitsune. Kick it." He hesitated. "If you fall on your arse, I'll not laugh." She paused. "Or not loudly.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Moria would set them straight - at the point of her dagger if needed. Ashyn did not care. She had escaped on her own, and everyone who mattered knew that, and that was what would be important in her life - that those she loved truly valued the role she played. And she would continue playing it, working with them, whatever they needed of her. She was a hero ... to those who mattered.
~ Kelley Armstrong
I wear notMy dagger in my mouth.
~ William Shakespeare
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.
~ William Shakespeare
Everybody was circling around Robert, trying to get to the door while avoiding the infested, oozing mess and-holy shit is this song bad. It was like the singer was stabbing my ear with a dagger made of dried turds.
~ David Wong
If you are trying to frighten me, I assure you, my imagination is every bit as Gothic as yours. I can well imagine the poisoned tea or the slim dagger in the night and the claims that I succumbed to a fever while everyone rallies around my infant," I said repressively.
~ Deanna Raybourn
Luckily Rollan was more unflappable. He stepped forward, bravely brandishing his long dagger, however pathetic it looked compared to the teeth of Cabaro.
~ Eliot Schrefer
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
~ Alexander Cockburn