Duress Quotes

“Defence lawyers use the term "duress" to describe the use of force, coercion or psychological pressure exerted on a client in the commission of a crime. When duress is applied to the emotionally unstable the result can be as violent as it is unpredictable.”
― Emily Thorne

“[John Jarndyce] rubbed his head so constantly that not a single hair upon it ever rested in its right place”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“... I felt a cold circle of metal touch the base of my skull.

"That's exactly what you think it is," a calm voice said. "Yo do the wrong thing, and the cops are going to be picking bits of your cortical stack out of that wall for weeks.”
― Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon

“You said you love me.'

'And?' She cocked an eyebrow.

Hunt's mouth twitched upward. 'It was said under duress.'

She bit her lip. He wanted to plant his teeth there. 'Are you asking whether I meant it, or do you think you're that good with your mouth that I went out of my mind?'

He flicked her nose. 'Smart-ass.'

She flopped back onto the mattress. 'They're both true.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath