badass QUOTES

1 " If you want some advice—which I'm sure you don't—you guys should lay off on the magic. Christian still thinks you're moving in on Lissa." " What?" he asked in mock astonishment. " Doesn't he know my heart belongs to you?" " It does not. And no, he's still worried about it, despite what I've told him." " You know, I bet if we started making out right now, it would make him feel better." " If you touch me," I said pleasantly, " I'll provide you with the opportunity to see if you can heal yourself. Then we'd see how badass you really are. "

2 " Um, enough apologies, okay?
Just get on with being your badass self. "

― Scott Stabile

3 " She adored fairy tales,
yet derived great reward
rewriting them to the melody of her own warrior soul.
Her fairytales weren’t made of desperate girls
being rescued by handsome
spoiled princes.
Her stories were made of badass women
teasing monsters
and running wild with dragons. "

― Melody Lee , Moon Gypsy

4 " Minutes passed by. A little blue butterfly landed on my nose. I blinked at it and it fluttered to my ear. A big yellow butterfly gently floated over and landed on my paw. Soon a whole swarm of them floated up and down around me, like a swirl of multicolored petals. It happened in my backyard, too, if the magic was strong enough. Butterflies were small and light, and very magic sensitive. For some reason I made them feel safe and they gravitated to me like iron shavings to a magnet. They ruined my ferocious badass image, but you’d have to be a complete beast to swat butterflies.

If a baby deer frolicked out from between the buildings trying to cuddle up, I would roar. I wouldn’t bite it, but I would roar. I had my limits. "

― Ilona Andrews , Hexed (World of Kate Daniels, #4.5; Otherworld, #9.5; Stormwalker, #2.5; Anna Strong Chronicles, #6.5)

5 " 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 the mature approach, as usual. "

6 " 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. "

― Melody Lee , Moon Gypsy

7 " Her stories were made of badass women teasing monsters and running wild with dragons. "

― Melody Lee , Moon Gypsy

8 " And once upon a time I wondered: Is writing epic fantasy not somehow a betrayal? Did I not somehow do a disservice to my own reality by paying so much attention to the power fantasies of disenchanted white men?

But. Epic fantasy is not merely what Tolkien made it.

This genre is rooted in the epic — and the truth is that there are plenty of epics out there which feature people like me. Sundiata’s badass mother. Dihya, warrior queen of the Amazighs. The Rain Queens. The Mino Warriors. Hatshepsut’s reign. Everything Harriet Tubman ever did. And more, so much more, just within the African components of my heritage. I haven’t even begun to explore the non-African stuff. So given all these myths, all these examinations of the possible… how can I not imagine more? How can I not envision an epic set somewhere other than medieval England, about someone other than an awkward white boy? How can I not use every building-block of my history and heritage and imagination when I make shit up?

And how dare I disrespect that history, profane all my ancestors’ suffering and struggles, by giving up the freedom to imagine that they’ve won for me. "

― N.K. Jemisin

9 " The feedback from the speakers changes and begins blasting death metal music so loudly into the sky that I swear the bridge suspensions are vibrating.

The twins were in charge of the music selection.

I catch sight of them on the side of the bridge, each with an arm raised, holding up their forefingers and pinkies in a devil sign, head-banging to the beat. They’re mouthing the words to the garbled voice screaming over the intense electric guitar and drums blasting out of the speakers. They might look pretty badass if it weren’t for their hobo clown outfits.

It’s the loudest party the Bay Area has ever heard. "

― Susan Ee , End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3)

10 " 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 the mature approach, as usual. "

11 " I can be badass and still like pedicures." - Liz Harper, Secret Need "

12 " Growing up she'd heard rumors about the enforcer and how badass he was... "

― Savannah Stuart , Power Unleashed (Miami Scorcher, #3)

13 " Because if being a badass was easy everyone would do itLexy of Ankh(The Dragon)" Enlightenment "

14 " Don’t be so concerned,” he whispered. “We will get through this, I promise.” “What makes you so certain?” I couldn’t help my skepticism.“We have no other choice,” he replied matter-of-factly. “Is that really all you can come up with?” I scowled. “Couldn’t you just lie and tell me you have some kind of secret badass weapon that is going to make this a piece of cake? "

15 " Yes, I was a badass all right. And I no longer felt like I needed someone, but instead WANTED someone to share this newfound badassery with. I deserved the best. Anything else wouldn't do. "

16 " Embracing your true self radiates a natural beauty that cannot be diluted or ignored. Confident, powerful, untamable, badass you! "

― Steve Maraboli , Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

17 " A group of giant insectoid creatures floated to the area near the stage. One of them spoke in a series of clicks that the language master knew instantly." Play hard and fast hairless monkeys!" Greeg shouted, " We're Transmitted Infections from the inner-worlds and this is punk fucking rock!" Crash hit a crunching , distorted guitar note. the Slugs spit in happiness at the sound of the guitar. Greeg liked a species with a love for badass music. He was sure this would be a great show. "

18 " 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. "

― Georgia Clark , Parched

19 " We’re not the Faster-than-the-Speed-of-Light Generation anymore. We’re not even the Next-New-Thing Generation. We’re the Soon-to-Be-Obsolete Kids, and we’ve crowded in here to hide from the future and the past. We know what’s up – the future looms straight ahead like a black wrought-iron gate and the past is charging after us like a badass Doberman, only this one doesn’t have any letup in him. "

― Tim Tharp , The Spectacular Now

20 " Hey, he's awesome. A little unstable, but awesome. We got along great." Adrian opened the door to the building we were seeking. " And he's a badass in his way too. I mean, any other guy who wore scarves like that? He'd be laughed out of this school. Not Abe. He'd beat someone almost as badly as you would. In fact..." Adrian's voice turned nervous. I gave him a surprised look." In fact what?" " Well...Abe said he liked me. But he also made it clear what he'd do to me if I ever hurt you or did anything bad." Adrian grimaced. " In fact, he described what he'd do in very graphic detail. Then, just like that, he switched to some random, happy topic. I like the guy, but he's scary. "

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