Deadly Quotes

“Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Sometimes your dearest friend whom you reveal most of your secrets to becomes so deadly and unfriendly without knowing that they were not really your friend.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“She was like an avenging angel, her vengeance swift and deadly.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Lost Herondale

“Do you want to live, Sander?”
― Alan Bradley, The Sixth Borough

“I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread.”
― Jennifer Estep, Widow's Web

“It is magic, how words can be deadlier than daggers.”
― Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road

“The men stop coming after Hunt goes missing. We learned from the last brave soul to visit that they whispered all sorts of stories to answer his disappearance. My favorite is that we ate him. We cooked him up with our whore-earned corn, a dozen rats’ eyes, and a bat wing.

Even I couldn’t have thought of anything more perfect.”
― Rachel A. Marks, Winter Rose

“You wouldn’t do anything to make me hurt you,” he prompted, and she shook her head quickly.

“No,” she whispered.

“Good.” He let his arm drape out the open window, breathing in the air. The night was approaching its dewpoint, tinging the breeze with the smell of dust and wet wool. “I’ve started to look forward to our nights together. I’d hate for you to disappoint me now.”
― Nenia Campbell, Rent Girl

“Glyphosate also interferes with ATP production by affecting your mitochondrial membranes. When coupled with the so-called inert solvents included in Roundup, the toxicity of glyphosate is magnified as much as 2,000-fold. This makes the membrane more permeable, allowing the glyphosate to go straight to the heart of the mitochondria.”
― Joseph Mercola, Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy

“Deadly and delicate can surely co-exist”
― Laiba Jalil

“Alice thought the supposedly toxic plant seemed perfectly harmless. The flowers resembled bell-shaped slippers, grouped in satisfying lines that hung from the main stalk as though weighted from their centers. "This one? It's actually quite pretty."
"Isn't it?"
"The previous owner must have loved it. There's quite a lot." Alice noted aside from the bunch in front of her, it grew in two other spots in the garden.
"It seems she did," Sally said. "The plant also has another name; maybe you've heard of it? Digitalis purpurea."
"Doesn't sound familiar."
"They use foxgloves to make digitalis, the heart medication." Sally put her glove back on. "But touching any part of the plant- leaves, flower, stem- with bare hands can cause a whole host of trouble.”
― Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife

“as dangerous as they are, I always hate to kill a cave lion if I don’t have to. They are so beautiful, so lithe and graceful in the way they move. Cave lions don’t have much to be afraid of. Their strength gives them confidence.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Land of Painted Caves

“To understand how seriously the people of Noto take the concept of waste, consider the fugu dilemma. Japanese blowfish, best known for its high toxicity, has been a staple of Noto cuisine for hundreds of years. During the late Meiji and early Edo periods, local cooks in Noto began to address a growing concern with fugu fabrication; namely, how to make use of the fish's deadly ovaries. Pregnant with enough poison to kill up to twenty people, the ovaries- like the toxic liver- had always been disposed of, but the cooks of Noto finally had enough of the waste and set out to crack the code of the toxic reproductive organs. Thus ensued a long, perilous period of experimentation. Locals rubbed ovaries in salt, then in nukamiso, a paste made from rice bran, and left them to ferment. Taste-testing the not-quite-detoxified fugu ovary was a lethal but necessary part of the process, and many years and many lives later, they arrived at a recipe that transformed the ovaries from a deadly disposable into an intensely flavored staple. Today pickled fugu ovaries remain one of Noto's most treasured delicacies.”
― Matt Goulding, Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture

“Sadness that is caused by the absence of love
is deadly to the heart.”
― Laura Chouette

“Sadness that is caused by the absence of love is deadly for the heart.”
― Laura Chouette

“Sometimes, victory lies not so much in conquering the glorious mountain peak but in simply having survived through a fatal and deadly storm.”
― Hrishikesh Agnihotri, Enrich The World With Your Presence : HA's Original Quotes, Volume 01

“Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,” she said, “kill him.” —Zhu”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World

“Even without Nazis, art is deadly.”
― Peter Tieryas, Cyber Shogun Revolution

“COVID-19 turned me into a germophobe.”
― Steven Magee

“I'd seen her kill men with her bare hands... trash-can lids... loose bricks... even a fork once.”
― Jennifer Estep, Nice Guys Bite

“Violet nightshade

Meaning: Fascination, witchcraft
Solanum brownii | New South Wales

A member of the nightshade family, often toxic. Commonly associated with death and ghosts in folklore. Latin name comes from 'solamen' meaning to quieten or comfort, and refers to the narcotic properties of some species. Used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths.”
― Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

“FLORIDA: Fatal Loss Of Residents In Deadly Assault.”
― Steven Magee

“The truth on a based of lie is a deadly disease of society.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Why are you here, then?'

The man's remarkable eyes seemed to glow- with enough of a deadly edge that I backed up a step. 'Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“There were no doubts the government was engaging in a global misinformation campaign regarding the deadly Maui wildfires disaster.”
― Steven Magee

“Mushroom hunting in Provence is veiled in secrecy, second only to truffle hunting in the level of dissimulation and suspicion it inspires. If you are lucky enough to find a good spot, you might unearth skinny yellow and black trompettes de la mort (trumpets of death) or flat meaty pleurots (oyster mushrooms) or even small spongelike black morels. If you are not sure exactly what you've found, you can take your basket to the local pharmacy, and the pharmacist will help you sort the culinary from the potentially deadly--- it's part of their training.”
― Elizabeth Bard, Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes

“Love, a deadly dance with a promise that we might not end up keeping!”
― Ryan Gelpke, Peruvian Nights

“I defended myself when they attacked me.”
“You defended yourself with deadly force.”
“It’s a funny thing, but harmless force doesn’t work real well...”
― Lindsay Buroker, Mist and Magic

“I am like pure heroin. I need to be cut with poetry to be potent enough to get you high but not deadly enough to kill your ability to understand me.”
― Jeffrey G. Duarte