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“When you made plans, the saboteurs came out to play.”

— Kat Rosenfield

“However, the insects had a secret weapon. As if a silent signal had been dispatched, the cavalry arrived in the form of their kind…

— Ben Hammott

“Clan Quhele, at”

— Walter Scott

“Now Rann the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free— The herds are shut in byre and hut For loosed…

— Rudyard Kipling

“Dante and this Palero were definitely playing some sort of game, and I didn’t know the rules, which was fine with me. Whenever a…

— Kenya Wright

“Ross said, “They play even during an attack. Not very good. But inspiring. Have you heard the Rebel yell?” Fremantle nodded. “Godawful sound. I…

— Michael Shaara

“it was a duel in which two participants got up at crack of dawn, one armed with a rapier, the other with a blunderbuss,…

— E. Gordon Rupp

“WE stowed the wheels, uncapped the sledge-runners, put on our sis, and took off -- down, north, onward, into that silent vastness of fire…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards IX. The Game Made X. The Substance of the Shadow XI. Dusk XII.”

— Charles Dickens

“Something snapped in my mind. The noise all around me receded in a wave until all I heard was a distant, throbbing pulse like…

— Lesley Livingston

“he heard Smeet murmur, “A card game is like a duel. It’s the little cuts and slashes that set the stage for the final…

— Leigh Bardugo

“The Twins stood on their tower as the slaughter began below and the knuckles bouncing wild to their delight, now turned sudden sudden and…

— Steven Erikson