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“You think I'm playing at some game? You think iron will keep you safe? Hear my words, manling. Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath. Listen. You cannot hurt me. You cannot run or hide. In this I will not be defied.

I swear by all the salt in me: if you run counter to my desire, the remainder of your brief mortal span will be an orchestra of misery.

I swear by stone and oak and elm: I'll make a game of you. I'll follow you unseen and smother any spark of joy you find. You'll never know a woman's touch, a breath of rest, a moment's peace of mind.

And I swear by the night sky and the ever-moving moon: if you lead my master to despair, I will slit you open and splash around like a child in a muddy puddle. I'll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance. You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons. There is only my kind. You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me. -Bast”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority.”
― Dan Abnett, Xenos

“If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won't open it first.”
― Dan Abnett, Xenos

“Those who are made can be unmade.”
― Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

“Tell him if he harms you, I'll scorch the ground where he stands.'

'Oh, for fuck's sake, Tairn.' I roll my eyes and walk to Dain, whose jaw is locked, but his eyes are wide with apprehension.

'Tell him, or I'll take it up with Cath.'

'Tairn says if you harm me, he'll burn you,' I say as dragons to the left and right launch skyward without their riders, headed back to the Vale. But not Tairn. Nope, he's still standing behind me like an overprotective dad.

'I'm not going to harm you, ' Dain snaps.

'Word for word, Silver One.'

I blow a breath out slowly. 'Sorry, he actually said, if you harm me, he'll scorch the ground where you stand.' I turn and look over my shoulder. 'Better?'

Tairn blinks.

Dain keeps his eyes on me, but I see it there, the swirling anger Tairn warned me about. 'I would rather die than harm you, and you know it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“I tore open one side and reached in. My hand closed around something cold and metallic. I knew before I even pulled it out what it was. It was a silver stake.
"Oh God," I said.
I rolled the stake around, running my finger over the engraved geometric pattern at its base. There was no question. One-of-a-kind. This was the stake I'd taken from the vault in Galina's house. The one I'd-
"Why would someone send you a stake?"asked Lissa.
I didn't answer and instead pulled out the envelope's next item:a small note card. There, in handwriting I knew all too well, was:

'You forgot another lesson:Never turn your back until you know your enemy is dead. Looks like we'll have to go over the lesson the next time I see you-which will be soon.
Love, D.”
― Richelle Mead, Blood Promise

“You take a step toward this Sorrengail and you'll be dead before you can even shift your weight,' Xaden says, his voice dropping lethally. 'She's not up for discussion.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Easy as a child breathes a wish at a dandelion...is exactly how hard it would be for me to tear your limbs from their sockets.”
― Adam Levin, The Instructions

“I don’t mind you pouring lemonade or whatever on us, but as soon as you hit a woman, I get mad. And that’s one show you don’t want the curtains to go up on.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

“Give me the memory,' he orders.

Indignation lifts my chin. 'Touch me without permission, and you'll spend the rest of your life regretting it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“My time is short," he told Garrett brusquely. "Can you comb any faster?"
"Ask me that again," Garrett replied equably, "and this comb will soon be lodged in a place it wasn't meant to go."
Bazzle snickered, evidently gathering her meaning.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra

“Touch her'- his voice was laced with malice, even as it faded to a mere whisper- 'and I'll annihilate you all.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen

“Ian " she said quietly "I'd rather die than go back to you."
"Be careful what you ask for you may get what you want.”
― Amanda Stephan, The Price of Trust

“I hate you.'

'No, you don't.'

'And I'm about to stab you,' I warned. 'In a very violent manner.'

Concern flickered across his face as he lowered the book. 'Now that, I believe.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“You will not touch us now.'

'I have every right to kill trespassers on my lands.' The words were guttural, nearly impossible to understand. As if Tamlin had not spoken in a long while.

'Are these still your lands?' Nesta asked coolly, stepping out from behind Cassian. 'Last I heard, you don't bother to rule them anymore.'

Eris remained utterly still. He'd been caught meeting with them, she realised. If Tamlin told anyone-

Nesta said, 'I suggest you keep your maw shut about this.'

Tamlin bristled, hackles rising. 'You're exactly as nasty as your sister said you were.'

Nesta laughed. 'I'd hate to disappoint.'

She held his emerald stare, knowing silver flames flickered in her eyes. 'I went into the Cauldron because of you,' she said softly, and could have sworn thunder grumbled in the distance. Cassian and Eris faded away into nothing. There was only Tamlin, only this beast, and what he had done to her and her family.

'Elain went into the Cauldron because of you,' Nesta went on. Her fingertips heated, and she knew if she looked down, she'd find silver embers flaring there. 'I don't care how much you apologise or try to atone for it or claim you didn't know the King of Hybern would do such a thing or that you begged him not to do it. You colluded with him. Because you thought Feyre was your property.'

Nesta pointed at Tamlin. The ground shook.

Cassian swore behind her.

Tamlin shrank away from her outstretched finger, claws digging into the earth. 'Put the finger down, you witch.'

Nesta smiled. 'I'm glad you remember what happened to the last person I pointed at.' She lowered her arm. 'We're going now.'

She stepped back to where Cassian was already waiting, arms open. He wrapped them around her waist. Nesta glanced to Eris, who gave her a shallow, approving nod, then vanished.

Nesta said to Tamlin before they shot into the skies, 'Tell anyone you saw us, High Lord, and I'll rip your head from your body.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“I'll cut my throat wide-open if any of you take another step forward. I doubt any of you will live if that happens. He'll take you down.'

'I'm about to take you down,' Casteel growled.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Names are stupid, though.
Pretty soon he won't even need his.”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

“Do yourself a favour and get out.'

Bellius rose to his full height, wings flaring. 'Or what?'

Nesta picked at her nails. 'I don't think you want to find out the or what part.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“it’s like you have Rape Threat Tourette Syndrome (Zoey, to her nemesis)”
― Jason Pargin, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“Kieran had finally, after about ten years, finished cutting up his food. 'May I have that? If you're done, that is? I'm not sure, but the last piece is a little thicker than the rest of the pieces.'

Slowly, he looked over at me. 'Would you like me to cut your food for you?'

'Would you like me to knock you off this bench?'

He chuckled deeply. 'Cas is right. You are incredibly violent.'

'No, I'm not.' I pointed my fork at him. 'I'm just not a child. I don't need someone else cutting my meat.'

'Uh-huh.' He handed the knife over, and I took it before he could change his mind.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“If I'd known that insulting and threatening you would convince others of our agreement, I would've pulled a knife on you this morning in the banquet hall.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“That's the last thing I want to do right now.'

'Do you have better ideas?' He stepped closer, the heat and scent of him reaching me. 'I know I do.'

My gaze shot to him. 'If you're suggesting what I think you are, I am going to stab you in the heart again.'

Casteel's eyes flashed a warm honey. 'Don't tempt me with empty promises.'

'You are so twisted.'

'Alastir was right. I do take after my father when it comes to women with sharp objects,' he said.

'I don't care.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I'll ask you one more time, then you lose the eye. And I almost hope you don't answer, because I'd love to cut out your eye...”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Bran tells me that you wish to find the nexus not for science, but so you may put your faerie lover back on his throne. It is the height of stupidity to involve yourself in their politics. You will thank me one day."
I stared at her in dumbfounded agitation. This was not how it was supposed to go. I had imagined Eichorn and de Grey full of gratitude for our assistance and eager to help in our search for the nexus. Not condescending, dismissive, and--- well, bloody rude.
To my surprise, it was Rose who came to my defense. "Our reasons for seeking the nexus are beside the point. A promise was made, and we have the means to see it is kept."
"Do you?" De Grey cast a cool look in Wendell's direction where he lay by the fire, little more than a lumpy collection of blankets and a tuft of gold hair. "This faerie king, as Bran has termed him, does not seem to be made of strong stuff."
"He pulled you both out of Faerie, you ingrate," I snapped. "Not to mention out of time. If you do not help us, I will see to it that he throws you into a realm far more unpleasant than the one you have left behind, with a populace decidedly less well mannered than the fauns."
A little silence followed this.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“Sorting out the truth is less about figuring out the truth and more about determining why the truth was so threatening that someone felt it necessary to lie about it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I can smell her blood on your lips. There is nothing that I will not do to you because of that.' (”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Death is too good for you, Matthew Alvarez,â€�
“Good. I intend to live.”
― Jared Alan Barajas, The Machine of Time: A Novel

“Don't threat, just act â€� Threats are Ammunition for the Threatened.”
― Sino Melo

“Your words are as empty as your future. - Cain Varkees”
― Daniel Varona, The Cycle of Eden: The Young Revolution