29 Quotes About Duel
- Author Anne Taylor Fleming
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A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
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- Author Tom Stoppard
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Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction!Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.
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- Author Julia Quinn
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If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,” Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.”There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who promptly stepped aside and let her hit the floor.“Oh, come now,” Mr. Grimston said. “Surely it won’t come to pistols at dawn.”“I’m not talking about a duel,” Marcus said. “I mean I will kill you right here.
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- Author Rowena Cherry
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Wouldn’t you rather play chess, Ma’am?....It’s less destructive of clothes.
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- Author Jorge Luis Borges
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Perfilados bien por un fondo de paredes celestes o de cielo alto, dos compadritos envainados en seria ropa negra bailan sobre zapatos de mujer un baile gravísimo, que es el de los cuchillos parejos, haste que de una oreja salta un clavel porque el cuchillo ha entrado en un hombre, que cierra con su muerte horizontal el baile sin música.
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- Author Derek Landy
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I find it rude to laugh at a man with a sword.
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- Author Joseph J. Ellis
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Burr had the dark and severe coloring of his Edwards ancestry, with black hair receding from the forehead and dark brown, almost black, eyes that suggested a cross between an eagle and a raven. Hamilton had a light peaches and cream complexion with violet-blue eyes and auburn-red hair, all of which came together to suggest an animated beam of light to Burr’s somewhat stationary shadow.
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- Author J.M. Barrie
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For long the two enemies looked at one another, Hook shuddering slightly, and Peter with the strange smile upon his face."So, Pan," said Hook at last, "this is all your doing.""Ay, James Hook," came the stern answer, "it is all my doing.""Proud and insolent youth," said Hook, "prepare to meet thy doom.""Dark and sinister man," Peter answered, "have at thee.
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- Author Torquato Tasso
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Oh che sanguinosa e spaziosa portaFa l'una e l'altra spada ovunque giugna,Nell'arme e nelle carni! E se la vitaNon esce, sdegno tienla al petto unita.
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