Book Quote by Anonymous

Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron. Here is a book [The Lord of the Rings] which will break…

— C. S. Lewis

A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper.

— John Flavel

“A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!

— Tamora Pierce

“A sword can only pierce the body, but words can pierce the soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The main thing, when a sword cuts into one’s soul, is to keep a calm gaze, lose no blood, accept the coldness of the…

— Franz Kafka

“Some men name their swords. I've always found that a strange affection. If I had to call it something I would all it "Sharp”

— Mark Lawrence

If I were amazing with a sword, I wouldn't care about the tender things in life.

— Gwendoline Christie

“You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round…

— George R.R. Martin

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of…

— Fredrika Bremer

Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.

— N. T. Wright