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> [“Better a sword than an empty hand when you set off to slay the dragon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/better-a-sword-than-an-empty-hand-when-you-set-off-to-slay-the-dragon/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

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## More by Ryk Brown

> [“Better a sword than an empty hand when you set off to slay the dragon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/better-a-sword-than-an-empty-hand-when-you-set-off-to-slay-the-dragon/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“So dumbed-down were the masses that they would believe any half-truth that their leaders spewed, as long as it agreed with their own sentiments.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/so-dumbed-down-were-the-masses-that-they-would-believe-any-half-truth/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“Okay, people, settle down so we can get this over with.” Lynn had become accustomed to raising her voice to get their attention. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/okay-people-settle-down-so-we-can-get-this-over-with-lynn-had-become/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“You’re going to be traveling faster and farther than anyone has in nearly a millennium!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/you-re-going-to-be-traveling-faster-and-farther-than-anyone-has-in/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“We will finally set right what we allowed to go wrong all those decades ago. Then Nathan Scott will no longer be of concern.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/we-will-finally-set-right-what-we-allowed-to-go-wrong-all-those/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“Faith has no power unless chosen freely”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/faith-has-no-power-unless-chosen-freely/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“Perhaps I—should I choose to become a leader—should do whatever is necessary to see that old men such as yourself, men who refuse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/perhaps-i-should-i-choose-to-become-a-leader-should-do-whatever-is/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“It ain't life that left you no choice, its honor!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/it-ain-t-life-that-left-you-no-choice-its-honor/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“You don’t win somebody over by telling them everything they believe is wrong. All that does is solidify their beliefs and make them hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/you-don-t-win-somebody-over-by-telling-them-everything-they-believe/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“Most of us are not aware of our destiny until it is right in front of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/most-of-us-are-not-aware-of-our-destiny-until-it-is-right-in-front-of/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“The ship rumbled as they rode out the last few minutes of their tenth and final braking burn on approach to Tau Ceti Five.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/the-ship-rumbled-as-they-rode-out-the-last-few-minutes-of-their-tenth/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“It is easier to live a lie in peace than to die for the truth. As long as life is good, most of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/it-is-easier-to-live-a-lie-in-peace-than-to-die-for-the-truth-as-long/)

[Ryk Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryk-brown/)

> [“All right, then. As strange an order as it may seem, take us to the hideout, Commander,” Nathan ordered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/all-right-then-as-strange-an-order-as-it-may-seem-take-us-to-the/)

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> [“Now that the shuttle’s engines were shut down, it was unnaturally quiet in the surrounding valley. The native wildlife avoided this unfamiliar patch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/now-that-the-shuttle-s-engines-were-shut-down-it-was-unnaturally/)

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> [“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’” “Just checking your memory,” Cameron said, the slightest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryk-brown/the-only-thing-necessary-for-the-triumph-of-evil-is-for-good-men-to-2/)

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