“Don't you dare call me optimistic. (It's a) grave insult.”

“Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me.”

Irene Dunne (1898–1990) American actress

“DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME, JEZEBEL! DON'T YOU DARE! Or I'll follow you to the next world and KILL you.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“Don't you dare give up on me.”

Catherine Ryan Hyde (1955) American writer

“Damn it… Don't you dare ask God to help me.”

Joan Crawford (1904–1977) American actress

“Leo: “I can’t believe I thought you were hot.”
Khione’s face turned red. “Hot? You dare insult me? I am cold, Leo Valdez. Very, very cold.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

“You would make a great teacher. (Grace)
Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while you’re at it? (Julian)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover

“Koga:"You got a problem with that muttface?"
Inuyasha: Did you just call me a mutt?"
Koga:"No, you're right. That would be an insult to canines.”

Rumiko Takahashi (1957) manga artist

“I'll give you leave to call me anything, if you don't call me "spade."”

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet

“To call you excrement would be an insult to the product of my bowels.”

Clive Barker book Mister B. Gone