What's a word, a talisman, to hold against the world?

He had divested himself of the little cloaked godlet and his other amulets in a place where they would not be found in his…

— Cormac McCarthy

The intellect,-that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night, are transparent,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The source of each accordant strain Lies deeper than the Poet's brain. First from the people's heart must spring The passions which he learns…

— Bayard Taylor

“A cricketer who hits a century in one match may score zero in the next, if he does not have the same outfit, shoes…

— Abhijit Naskar

Work, ah! that talisman to guard one against one's self.

— Rosa Campbell Praed

Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.

— David Mamet

The Cross is a gibbet - rather an odd thing to make use of as a talisman against bad luck, if that is how…

— Denis Johnston

“I hold the final piece. And it is indeed . . . a talisman.”

— Dan Brown

“When he remembered to turn and look for it, the Talisman was gone.”

— Stephen King

“Christianity — and that is its greatest merit — has somewhat mitigated that brutal German love of war, but it could not destroy it.…

— Heinrich Heine

“He lifted a hand and turned and went on. He had divested himself of the little cloaked godlet and his other amulets in a…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Talisman, Talisman, show me your secrets, Helmsman, Helmsman, turn me for home.”

— Robert James Waller

“When you have never known a thing except to dream, it becomes more than a talisman.”

— Robert Jordan

“This one’s mine. I’ve claimed him. And he’s wearing my talisman to keep him safe.”

— Leta Blake

“Now that I have this piglet talisman... who knows what I might find the poor judgment to do?”

— Ginn Hale