“Pieces were stolen from me
Or dare I say, given away.”

“It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

“When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.”

Patrick Süskind (1949) German writer and screenwriter

“I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

“I had heard my father say that he never knew a piece of land run away or break.”

John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States

“I dare you to take me on
I dare you to show me your palms
I'm so bored of cowards who say they want (love)
Then they can't handle love”

Björk (1965) Icelandic singer-songwriter

“But if I wanted shoes, and you had given me a piece of leather to make myself shoes, I should be laughed at if I took it.”

Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher

“Who will say farewell?
The beating bell.
Will anyone miss me?
That I dare not tell —
Quick, Rose, and kiss me.”

Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972) English poet

“How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.”

John Mayer (1977) guitarist and singer/songwriter

“Allah's Apostle said to me, "You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'Uncover (her),' and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' Then you were shown to me, the angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said (to him), 'Uncover (her), and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.'”

Aisha (605–678) Muhammad's wife