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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.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them as an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. The light hit both of their faces at the same time, so that Voldemort's was suddenly a flaming blur. Harry heard the high voice shriek as he too yelled his best hope to the heavens, pointing Draco's wand:
"Avada Kedavra!"
"Expelliarmus!"
The bang was like a cannon blast, and the golden flames that erupted between them, at the dead center of the circle they had been treading, marked the point where the spells collided. Harry saw Voldemort's green jet meet his own spell, saw the Elder Wand fly high, dark against the sunrise, spinning across the enchanted ceiling, spinning through the air toward the master it would not kill, who had come to take full possession of it at last.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“I find it rude to laugh at a man with a sword.”
― Derek Landy, Mortal Coil

“If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,â€� Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.â€�
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,â€� Marcus said. “I mean I will kill you right here.”
― Julia Quinn, Just Like Heaven

“When two evil guys fight in a duel,
the worst of both will be the winner.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“It's time to duel!”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.”
― Anne Taylor Fleming

“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.”
― Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

“Wouldn’t you rather play chess, Ma’am?....It’s less destructive of clothes.”
― Rowena Cherry, Knight's Fork

“Exodia Obliterate!”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“Is that all you've got? A few tricks and quick feet? That's no way to enforce your bold tongue!”
― T. A. Miles, Six Celestial Swords

“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.”
― Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

“But when they arrived, Honor reached out and pressed the override button, holding the lift doors closed, and turned to him.

"Mr. Hauptman," she said in a vioce of frozen helium, "you've seen fit to insult me and my officers and to threaten my parents. In fact, you have descended to the tactics of gutter scum, and that, in my opinion, Sir, is precisely what you have proven yourself to be." Hauptman's nostrils flared in a congested face, but she continued in that same ice-cold voice.

"I am fully aware that you have no intention of forgetting this incident. Neither, I assure you, have I. I am a Queen's officer. As such, I will react to any personal attack upon me only if and as it arises, and for myself, both personally and as a Queen's officer, I dislike the custom of dueling. But, Mr. Hauptman, should you ever attempt to carry through your threat against my parents-" her eyes were leveled missile batteries and the tic at the corner of her mouth jerked like a living thing "-I will denounce you publicly for your contemptible actions and demand satisfaction. And when you accept my challenge, Mr. Hauptman, I will kill you like the scum you are."

Hauptman stepped back against the wall of the lift, staring at her in shocked disbelief.

"Believe it, Mr. Hauptman," she said very, very softly, and let the lift door open at last.”
― David Weber, On Basilisk Station

“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.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Cuentos completos

“I am Abdumasi of the House of Abd, master of ships, champion cat gambler, and I challenge you to mortal up-fuckery!”
― Seth Dickinson, The Monster Baru Cormorant

“The officers went about like the baffling followers of some remote and cruel godhead, which simultaneously cast them as its colourfully disguised and magnificently decked sacrificial animals. People looked at them and shook their heads. They even felt sorry for them. They have many advantages, so people said. They can walk around with swords, women fall in love with them, and the Emperor looks after them in person, as if they were his own sons. But then, in a trice, before you've noticed anything, one of them has managed to offend another, and the offence needs to be washed away with red blood!...”
― Joseph Roth, The Radetzky March

“explodează în mine avântule
odată iubire haină
croială neterminată de-mi vrei supliciul ți-oi da otrava
de-ți dau deliciul să-mi iei
epava pe pieptul țărânii-ntr-o iarnă fatală
să te știe doar câinii plagă
capitală răsare pe mare o floare albastră
Eminescu a râs de patima noastră cu lacrimi apuse
îmi iartă un gând (te văd fără chip)
doar c-un gust de vânt cu ochii-n soare mă cauți flămând
nu cred că învingi
m-am visat râzând
duel”
― Mihai Cotea, Fosfene dintr-o altă viață

“You killed him, remember?"
"That was a fair fight."
"It was only to first blood."
"I only hit him once."
"You decapitated him."
"There was a lot of first blood.”
― Anthony Reynolds, Khârn: Eater of Worlds

“I want to suggest a meeting with you, in a quiet spot - where no one will trouble you for ten minutes - I ask no longer - and where, of two men who have met there, one will remain among the leaves.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Did I ever tell you I was challenged to a duel once, when I was a student in Geneva?"

"No!" Zach exclaims. "Fantastic! I'd love to fight a duel!”
― Emma Richler, Be My Wolff

“Aucun enjeu, seulement le bonheur de partager l’excitation du bon mot et de la réplique assassine, dans une ambiance survoltée.”
― Bertrand Périer, Parlare è un'arte marziale: Perché se non sai parlare non esisti

“« Et à quoi cela mènerait-il ? Admettons que je le provoque. » Ici il se représenta vivement la nuit qu’il passerait après la provocation, le pistolet dirigé sur lui, et il frissonnait à l’idée que jamais il ne pourrait rien supporter de pareil. « Admettons que je le provoque, que j’apprenne à tirer, que je sois là devant lui, que je presse la détente, continua-t-il en fermant les yeux, que je l’aie tué ! » Et il secoua la tête pour chasser cette pensée absurde. « Quelle logique y aurait-il à tuer un homme pour
rétablir mes relations avec une femme coupable et son fils ? La question sera-t-elle résolue ? Et si, ce qui est beaucoup plus vraisemblable, le blessé ou le tué, c’est moi ? moi qui n’ai rien à me reprocher et qui deviendrais la victime ? Ne serait-ce pas plus illogique encore ? (...) »”
― Tolstoy, Anna Karanina

“Murder? It is not easily done, amigo.”
― Louis L'Amour, Jubal Sackett

“I am Arsaces, Saha of the -

I know who you are. You are a shadow of great warriors past. A mongrel, made out of battlefield leavings. Do not sully this moment by pretending to have a name that is worth remembering. Because I surely will not, come tomorrow.”
― Josh Reynolds, Fabius Bile: The Omnibus

“There is an actual risk of dying in a duel. You can always be hit by a stray bullet.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“It gives me no pleasure to do this,â€� said Sharrowkyn. ‘You are nothing to me, simply a rabid dog that needs to be put down.”
― Graham McNeill, Angel Exterminatus

“There was no unity to their attack. These were not wolves, pack animals that coordinated to dominate a larger prey. They were mercenaries, single fighters who relied on their skills with a blade and nothing - and no one - else.

Had they struck him in concert, the Incubi might have pushed Lucius to the brink of defeat, or at least driven him away from their charge. They were exemplary, their craft honed to a brilliant edge, and fast as quicksilver. United, they would have been a terrible foe. As individuals, they were an amusing challenge, but nothing more.

It last seven clashes before the first Eldar fell. The alien crashed to the deck, trying in vain to stymie the slopping discharge of his guts with arms that no longer had hands. Decreased by a third, the potency of the other two visibly diminished. Lucius could focus a greater share of his murderous attention on each of them, reducing their chances of survival from slim to non-existent.

The second would die screaming, eventually, as Lucius crushed him in the grip of his lash and pitched him into the abyss. The third paused, shoulders heaving with exertion, before leaping at Lucius, its silver glaive flashing high. The Eldar came crashing down before the Eternal, blood spurting from the stump where its head had been moments before.”
― Ian St. Martin, Lucius: The Faultless Blade

“Jude?' [Madoc said (after he stabbed her in the side)]”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“It's not necessarily bad, you know," Oshino argued, "Confronting a painful experience isn't a must. It's not like you're great just 'cause you do. If you dont feel like it, it's totally fine to run away.”
― NisiOisiN, Bakemonogatari, Part 1: Monster Tale

“The last I saw, he was breathing, but we can always hope that the duke shoots him again,â€� said the doctor cheerfully.”
― Byrd Nash, Delicious Death