#duel

But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.” “And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?” “Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#wizards #magic

A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define. "A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning. "Done," I said. ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#meliara #shevraeth #vidanric #wager #challenge

In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#fights #man #open #raft #sex

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ↗

— Edmond About

#duel #life #like #marriage #midst

Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight. ↗

— Tim Roth

#bring #dueling #fight #i #say