1,589 Quotes About Danger

  • Author Erin Bow
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    And suddenly, in the place of the woman-shape made of shadow, there was something else. Something huge, something ugly. Linay flung up both hands. The thing screamed like a hawk and opened to wings: one white as a death cap, one clotted in shadow. The wings came together and the whole pond shuddered.Something hit Kate's ear and shoulder and smashed to the deck by her feet. It was a swallow, dead. She could hear them falling all over the pond.

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  • Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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    Life bores you, Noemí. You like a hint of danger, but back home they wrap you in gauze, to keep you from breaking. But you’d like to break, wouldn’t you? You play with people and you wish someone would have the guts to play with you.

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  • Author Roald Dahl
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    There's no earthly way of knowingWhich direction they are going!There's no knowing where they're rowing,Or which way the river's flowing!Not a speck of light is showing,So the danger must be growing,For the rowers keep on rowing, And they're certainly not showingAny signs that they are slowing. . . .

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  • Author T.R. Darling
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    Interdimensional travel is full of dangers that can be difficult to predict, but there are signs to watch out for. Owls are especially helpful for savvy explorers. In our own universe, they ask, “Who?” You can tell a parallel world is perilous when you hear an owl ask, “Why?

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