Bad Ass Quotes

“Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Burnt Offerings

“Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Incubus Dreams

“Til shade is gone,
til water is gone
Into the shadow with teeth bared
Screaming defiance with the last breath
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.”
― Robert Jordan, The Dragon Reborn

“One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Bloody Bones

“A smell of burned hair and cotton wafted into the air as I spun toward my desk. There was a low whine from the desk and then smoke billowed out of my closed laptop.
I gaped.
My precious, perfectly brand new laptop I cherished like one would a small child.
Son of a mother…
Friend or not, it was so on”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Opal

“You can't kill us all, human.'
He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, The Killing Dance

“Some girls want to be a princess when they grow up. I wanted to be in a bad bitch girl gang.”
― Natalia Kills

“I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned

“If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning."
Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said.”
― Richard Stark, Dirty Money

“You're murderers," she told the stunned crowd. "You killed him. He was a miracle, and you killed him. Now you've just got me. And I'm a curse.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“I’m a certified bad-ass indestructible bitch. The sun tries to burn me, I’ll kick him in his fiery balls. I don’t need no stinking suntan lotion.”
― Chuck Wendig, The Cormorant

“I'm a mother fucking human holocaust!”
― Jonathan Culver, Huey Lambert's Walking Nuclear Circus

“She didn't want to smile -- this was no time for smiling -- but she couldn't stop herself. Charlie, it seemed, was something of a bad ass.
- Brooklyn”
― Kimberly Derting, The Offering

“Dracarys.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“Riley Blackthorne - kicking hell's ass one demon at a time.”
― Jana Oliver, Forsaken

“Vaya con Dios, bitch.”
― Kyoko M., The Black Parade

“...the bad dreams are the way I bleed...”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Innkeeper's Song

“Can you really crush stone?” Angel asked. “Or was that a lie?”

Without looking behind him, David slammed his fist into one of the marble columns. It cracked, and several chunks immediately crumbled loose to scatter to the tiled floor like crumbs of flaking pastry. “Elevators,” he said. “This way.”

“Jesus Christ,” Angel said to Cassandra. “He doesn’t look scary, but he’s fucking terrifying.”
― Nenia Campbell, Dragon Queen

“You really think you can beat me in hand-to-hand combat?'

Blood flowed from her mouth, her nose. But Nesta smiled anyway, its tang coating her tongue. 'I do.'

Bellius threw his first punch, putting the entire force of his powerful body into it. Nesta blocked it, driving her fist into his nose. Bone crunched. Bellius howled, falling back a step.

And Nesta hissed, 'Because my mate taught me well.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“I am a good runner. There are many faster, but not so many for whom it has been as necessary to learn to become nothing but flight.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Innkeeper's Song

“She carried herself in such a way that let you know she was a bad ass and the guys knew it.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Till the day I die, I’ll never be too cool to be nice to anyone. Even those that are too cool for me.”
― Drue Grit

“I am not a religious girl, but I would've prayed to the Devil, if I believed he'd have helped me." Siobhan Everdeen”
― Willow Downs, Silent Hope: Would You be Missed?

“Since becoming 'Bad-ass Ballerini', when someone tells me I can’t do something, I say “just watch me.”
― Laura Ballerini, The Green Velvet Chair: Heartfelt stories of art and design in everyday life