William Shakespeare - Thomas Paine - George R R Martin – Stuart Pearson - Conspiracies Decoded TV -
Let me be cruel, not unnatural;
I will speak daggers to her, but use none. William Shakespeare, Hamlet III ii 420
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth II I 33 Macbeth
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy. Thomas Paine
He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death. George R R Martin, A Game of Thrones
This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration. George R R Martin, A Feast for Crows
Bobby Gould thinks I’m trying to stab him in the back. In fact I’m right behind him. Stuart Pearson
A simple artefact that baffles scientists … Tutankhamun’s dagger … Why hasn’t the dagger aged? … Iron should corrode over time … ‘The dagger has 11% nickel in it’ … ‘It could come from a meteorite’. Conspiracies Decoded s1e5, DiscoveryPlus 2022