Danger Quotes

“Outside, Santa Fe breathed the way it does in early fall—cool, steady, unhurried.”
― D.L. Maddox, Stolen

“To venture ... close (to a lion) on foot ... would mean the sudden shattering of any kindly belief that the similarity of the lion and the pussy cat goes much beyond their whiskers. But then, since men still live by the sword, it's a little optimistic to expect the lion to withdraw his claws, handicapped as he is by his inability to read our better effusions about the immorality of bloodshed.”
― Beryl Markham, West with the Night

“If her years at the zoo had taught her anything, it was that no creature was as dangerous as a man being laughed at.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“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.”
― Erin Bow, Plain Kate

“Being fearless is not about recklessly participating in activities that could pose a danger to your well-being or safety.”
― Thandazo Perfect Khumalo

“Fully understanding the extent of your abilities can inspire you to take risks, pushing you to confront fears that might seem intimidating. However, this assurance can be misleading, as it often overlooks the serious dangers that lie ahead.”
― Thandazo Perfect Khumalo

“Beauty in danger becomes more beautiful”
― Andy Warhol, Fame

“These selective, occasional murders don't just eliminate difficult opponents; they are also a form of messaging. The Saudi monarchy, the Cuban security services, the Kremlin, and the Chinese police don't have to kill every journalist in order to make all journalists in their countries afraid. Modern dictators have learned that the mass violence of the twentieth century is no longer necessary: targeted violence is often enough to keep ordinary people away from politics altogether, convincing them that it's a contest they can never win.”
― Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

“Would I have done the same thing if my family had been threatened? Maybe. It's easy to have ethics when what you love is not in danger.”
― Mariana Enríquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People

“Her face was stony. I wasn't surprised: I could already tell she was someone who knew how to keep potentially dangerous emotions concealed.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“It's perfectly safe if you can out-breathe me”
― Abyssino

“The management has exploited our wish for infallible systems: here is the water, there is the land, no one can make a mistake. Up to this line there is no danger; on the other side of the line waits certain death. Therefore the alarm wails and the guests flee from their rooms with their clothes fluttering around them. The illusion of complete safety so long as the margin is not reached bears the reverse implication of complete panic once the margin is exceeded. It is easier to choose these sharp demarcation lines than uncertainty in our individual situation; the adjustment has been so small that in itself it is not disastrous, but could contribute to disaster.”
― Sven Holm, Termush

“These books are as hot as it gets!”
― Richard R.J. Guarino

“How bad are you?" she said.
"I am in something close to agony but we can talk about that later. Hurry now.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“in the silence something waited, ready to spring.”
― James Baldwin

“This doctor says there are miracle drugs now
to control the "blues." I said, oh if the
blues go, what about blues music? He asked
is the music worth the agony & I said that
depends on the music & he said life is more
precious to retain than music, if a person is
depressed her life is endangered & I said
there must be a middle way & I would find that
way.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde

“Every lie is a weapon. And someone just pulled the trigger.”
― K.T Elis

“In the place between scorpions and manners,
Between scream and please pass the salt,

Somewhere between John Kennedy’s November
And my next-door neighbor’s blue flowerbeds,

We live our lives.”
― Alberto Ríos, Not Go Away Is My Name

“Where there’s no danger, there is no courage.”
― Omar Delawar

“Awareness is essential but
can be
brutal as well.

How do you hear the music through the desperate voices?
How do you immerse yourself in beauty
always knowing the knives are out?
How?
How?

Greater awareness.
Greater still.
Awareness of the choice.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Living is the easiest thing in the world. Your mom pushes, a man in a white coat on the other side of the uterus pulls. Out you pop, and someone cuts your umbilical cord. You start crying. The lights are too bright. Air enters your lungs. Air exits your lungs. Air enters your lungs. Air exits. Air enters. Exits. It's a piece of cake. A walk in the park. You're alive.

Living is the easiest thing in the world. Surviving ... that's another story. They attack you with pitchforks, they attack you with batons. They attack you with axes, with diseases, with cars. They come at you with tsunamis, with earthquakes, with a stroke. With a malignant tumor, a benign tumor, malignant tumor, benign tumor, malignant tumor. Let's see you get out of that alive.”
― Etgar Keret, Autocorrect: Stories

“There are moments in history when a technological invention bursts into the world and all of humanity watches with a mixture of appreciation and fear: appreciation of its huge potential, and fear of the equally huge danger that lurks within it. Atomic energy, artificial intelligence, and human cloning are just a few examples of promising inventions that can give humanity so much--but can also take everything away.”
― Etgar Keret, Autocorrect: Stories

“Looking out over the cliff, we’re overwhelmed
by a sky that seems to heap danger upon us.”
― Paige Lewis

“When these incidents started, I took them in stride, feeling that they were the work of a few hotheads who would soon be discouraged when they discovered that we would not fight back. But as the weeks passed, I began to see that many of the threats were in earnest. Soon I felt myself faltering and growing in fear. One day, a white friend told me that he had heard from reliable sources that plans were being made to take my life. For the first time I realized that something could happen to me.

One night at a mass meeting, I found myself saying: 'If one day you find me sprawled out dead, I do not want you to retaliate with a single act of violence. I urge you to continue protesting with the same dignity and discipline you have shown so far.' A strange silence came over the audience.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

“These were the days when I found out what power can do.

It thickens like muscles. It's red-blooded and it tastes like blood.”
― Ali Smith, Gliff

“Anna needs the power of controlling the vehicle. Difficult emotions are better digested above sixty miles an hour on a curvy country road. Starr needs her darling daughter to slow the eff down so she can die of cancer rather than by putting the truck through a tree.”
― Court Stevens, Tell Me Something Good

“The danger of not dreaming is far greater harm than any danger.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“We artists can't be stopped because we live and breathe
to speak our truth
to write our truth
to paint, and sing, and dance
what we see,
what we feel,
what we know inside.
And we will always keep trying
to find a way to
reach some kind of audience,
even if it's in a dingy basement.

And for those whose art is the jest?
Our beloved jesters
(can they eliminate the comedians' platforms)?
They dance on the line between reportage and art.
But they may be the most dangerous of all
to the looming autocracy,
because they make people laugh at the king
(the one thing he most cannot stand).
And as the people laugh, they're also learning the truth:
the king has no clothes.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Make no mistake, love is a demon.”
― Alina Hurtado, The Lion's Den

“If an animal were told it could live safely in a cage in a dangerous forest, it wouldn't accept it; if a ship were told it could travel safely in a glass dome on a dangerous ocean, it wouldn't accept it! Why? Because the absence of danger means too much security and therefore too little freedom, and not having enough freedom means living without living, dying without dying!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan