Quotes about badass
Scott Stabile -
Um, enough apologies, okay?Just get on with being your badass self.
Monroe Ariel - Her OutSpoken Lips: Part I & Part II
When I try to achieve greatness, it spits on me the night before.
Michael Chabon -
Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to sample again.
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. "You shall go now," he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr. Malfoy. "You shall not touch Harry Potter. You shall go now.
Haruki Murakami - 1Q84
If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I'm going to send him straight to the southern hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies.
E.K. Johnston - A Thousand Nights
My sister burns, and she does not burn for you.
Dean F. Wilson - Skyshaker
The thought had crossed my mind, that in order to save this world from Hell, I might have to become the Devil.
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore's face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off
Rebecca K. Lilley - Breathing Fire
Far be it from me to slow down two badass supermodels on a mission, but we have a problem," a male voice said wryly.I could see Christian out of the corner of my eye as we turned, his stance and movements almost synchronized to my own. We shared a look, our expressions almost identically similar, with arched brows and half-smiles."What's the problem?" I called out, scanning the faces to see who had spoken."You're a badass supermodel," Christian muttered under his breath at the same time, taking
Nalini Singh - Angels' Blood
How long have you been with Raphael?”“You ask a lot of questions for a dead woman.”“What can I say? I prefer to die well-informed.”-Venom and Elena
Kristin Cashore - Graceling
You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?""I've a knife in my boot," she said, and then wondered, for a moment, if she could throttle a moose with her bare hands.
Kristin Cashore - Graceling
Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks and scream if I hear any strange noises.
Aishwarya Shiva Pareek -
When you get more middle fingers than thumbs up, it's a progress.
Melody Lee - Moon Gypsy
Don't think for second you are not a badass warrior. That's precisely your problem, you don't realize how amazingly brilliant and super kickass you are. Your potential is only limited by your mind.
A.E. Kirk - Midnight Poison
Your wit never ceases to underwhelm me.
A.E. Kirk - Midnight Poison
Why did Nicky call me the Baby Killer?" Kiara sniffled. "Because she is a bitch," Leontes said. Jaeger gave him a chastising look. "She's dead." "Dying did not make her any less of a bitch," Leontes replied.
Kiera Cass - The One
Maxon: “To be clear, no one agrees with you.”America: “To be clear, I don’t care.
Cassandra Clare - Lady Midnight
Nobody calls me 'blondie' and keeps their kneecaps.
R.A. Salvatore -
First blood is mine.Last blood counts for more.--Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden
Rachel Aaron - The Spirit Thief
How did you get in here?' (...) 'How I got here isn't important, because I could do it twenty times again, each time a different way.
Rebecca K. Lilley - Breathing Fire
Far be it from me to slow down two badass supermodels on a mission, but we have a problem," a male voice said wryly.I could see Christian out of the corner of my eye as we turned, his stance and movements almost synchronized to my own. We shared a look, our expressions almost identically similar, wit arched brows and half-smiles."What's the problem?" I called out, scanning the faces to see who had spoken."You're a badass supermodel," Christian muttered under his breath at the same time, taking t
Terry Pratchett - Thud!
Sybil’s female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in the shade of a stricken elephant, had handed around the little gold chocolates while trolls were trying to break into the compound, or had merely stayed at home and nursed such bits of husbands and sons as made it back from endless little wars. The result was a species of woman who, when duty called, turned into solid steel.
Ben Thompson - Last S
Since the dawn of time, nearly every man (and I'd wager to guess most women) has, at his most visceral level, secretly desired for one thing - to be standing triumphantly atop a heaping pile of his slain enemies, holding a gigantic axe aloft while some unbelievably attractive member of whatever gender he's attracted to desperately clutches his leg like it's the last life raft on the HMS Titanic.
Melody Lee - Moon Gypsy
Her stories were made of badass women teasing monsters and running wild with dragons.
Kiersten White - Now I Rise
I do not take orders from women.”“My men do not have a similar problem.” Lada lifted a hand. The man fell, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest.
Kristin Cashore - Graceling
Lady Katsa, is it?" "Yes, Lord Prince.""I've heard you have one eye green as the Middluns grasses, and the other eye blue as the sky.""Yes, Lord Prince.""I've heard you can kill a man with the nail of your smallest finger."She smiled. "Yes, Lord Prince.""Does it make it easier?""I don't understand you.""To have beautiful eyes. Does it lighten the burden of your Grace, to know you have beautiful eyes?
Gary Ponzo - A Touch of Deceit
Matt was the antidote to fear and trepidation. It was as if he’d become so acquainted with death that he could sit in its lap and ask it to tell him bedtime stories.
James Patterson - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Glaring at the Gasman, ter Borcht said, “Your time is coming to an end, youpathetic failure of an experiment. Vhat you say now is how you vill beremembered.”Gazzy’s blue eyes flashed. “Then you can remember me telling you to kissmy-”“Enough!” ter Borcht said.
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Directly above them, framed in the doorway from the Brain Room, stood Albus Dumbledore, his wand aloft, his face white and furious. Harry felt a kind of electric charge surge through every particle of his body - they were saved.
Dean F. Wilson - Skyshaker
Dynamite is loyal to the one who lights the fuse.
Georgia Clark - Parched
Technology won’t protect you from being attacked for fresh water. A badass blade will. Back in Eden where I grew up, the closest thing to knifework I’d experienced was cutting up a loaf of warm bread. Last night, I’d gutted a wild prairie chicken after scaling a rock face to find its nest and slit its throat. What a difference a year makes.
Dan Wells - Mr. Monster
Hello, Kanta. They're saying interesting things about you on the news," she said. "I wondered if you'd survived.""He didn't," I said. "I killed him."Silence."I killed Mkhai, too," I said. "Tens of thousands of years, gone in the blink of an eye.""Why are you telling me this?" asked the voice."Because you're next," I said. "I'm the demon slayer. Come and get me.
Jason S. Hornsby - the End
I am beyond good and evil at this point. I am beyond the lines drawn in the sand by society at this juncture. I am beyond fear, beyond religion, beyond the morals and mores. I am Lord of the Fucking Flies. Do you understand?
Clive Barker -
Dorothea: "What the fuck are you?"Nix: "A man who wanted to be a God...then changed his mind.
Bobby Adair - Zero Day
So fuck Dan. Fuck the police. Fuck the doctors. Fuck Jerome. And fuck the infected!
Marie Lu - Legend
Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don't care what anyone else thinks.
Jonathan Maberry - Patient Zero
...as of this moment there's the police department way, the federal law enforcement way, the military way... and my way. If you want me to function at my best then you're going to have to accept that I'm going to have to make up some of my own rules. I don't know enough about your playbook and, quite frankly, I don't like the way you operate. If I'm not a cop anymore then I'm something else, something new. Okay, then from here on out I'll decide what that is; and that includes building, shaping,
Terry Pratchett -
No,' she said. 'No, I don't reckon that's what I do now. Are you watchin', Mrs Gogol? Are you watchin' real close?' Her gaze travelled the room and rested for just a fraction of a second on Magrat. Then she reached over, carefully, and thrust her arm up to the elbow into the burning torch. And the doll in Erzulie Gogol's hands burst into flame. It went on blazing even after the witch had screamed and dropped it on to the floor. It went on burning until Nanny Ogg ambled over with a jug of fruit j
Anne Bishop - The House of Gaian
W-what are you?"Selena looked down at her rival. "What you should have been and never were. The Queen of the Witches.
Melody Lee - Moon Gypsy
Save the drama for the queens. Stand alone be a wolf, a rebel, a warrior, a savage, a badass. Be anything but a damn drama queen!
Dennis Sharpe - Distant Thunder
You have two choices, sweetheart. Answer my questions, or get a monster new facial piercing.
Soman Chainani - The Last Ever After
You aren’t jealous that Agatha gets a boy and a crown and a kingdom and everything else?” Hort pressed in disbelief. “You aren’t jealous that Agatha’s a queen?” He saw her stop at the gates, faced away as students streamed past. “A tiny bit, of course,” she said softly. “But then I remember . . .” Sophie looked back, smiling bright as a diamond. “I’m me.
Queen Victoria -
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them
Susan Butcher -
I do not know the word 'quit'. Either I never did, or I have abolished it.
William Gibson - Count Zero
In Heathrow a vast chunk of memory detached itself from a blank bowl of airport sky and fell on him. He vomited into a blue plastic canister without breaking stride.
Kiersten White - Now I Rise
They are soldiers. They depend upon routine, and anything out of the ordinary will give them pause. And they are men. They hate to be insulted, but they love to hear others mocked. And they are fools, because they cannot imagine that a woman alone in the woods would be a threat.
Kassandra Cross - Carrie's First Time: Taboo Older Man Younger Woman First Time Erotic Romance
You do bad things to me, Carrie,” he grinned, “Very bad things.
A.E. Kirk - Midnight Poison
When you are made to pay for such insolence, I shall revel in your ruin.
Cristin Harber - Delta: Redemption
But still she stood, ready to get back at it. Badass and admirable.
Niccolò Machiavelli -
People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.
Dante Alighieri - Inferno
Through me you go to the grief wracked city; Through me you go to everlasting pain; Through me you go a pass among lost souls. Justice inspired my exalted Creator: I am a creature of the Holiest Power, of Wisdom in the Highest and of Primal Love. Nothing till I was made was made, only eternal beings. And I endure eternally. Surrender as you enter, every hope you have.
Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Renegade
My gaze moved to Vance. He was looking up at me and I could read nothing in his eyes."Another pop?" I asked.He shook his head but kept watching me. I looked at the floor and started from the room.I had to pass Vance's chair to get to the kitchen. As I did, I slowed and as if it had a mind of it's own, my hand came out and I ran the backs of my finger's along Vance's jaw.