Best Swords Words
173 Swords quotes by 129 unique authors
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I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars. I have vowed with hollow words, I have lied my way…
— Catherine Fisher
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Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in Heaven--serried ranks of…
— Terry Pratchett
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So in the sweltering heat of a July night, I sang a Christmas carol to a room full of fae, who had been driven out…
— Patricia Briggs
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There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them. Snow, rain, and mist highlight, drench, or conceal…
— Federico Garcia Lorca
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May your swords stay sharp -Brom
— Christopher Paolini
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta…
— Beatrix Potter
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It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Never underestimate the value of knowing another's language. It can be far more powerful than swords and arrows.
— Melina Marchetta
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At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre is populated entirely…
— Hayao Miyazaki
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Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go…
— George R. R. Martin
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May Your Swords Stay Sharp!" - Lan Pendragon
— Robert Jordan
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All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.
— George R. R. Martin
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One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled…
— Holly Black
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Once upon a time... a long time ago... things that happened once perhaps but have been talked about for so long that nobody really knows.…
— Susan Cooper
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Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not…
— George R. R. Martin
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Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from…
— Michael Palin
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Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.
— George R. R. Martin
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A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.
— George R. R. Martin
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All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick…
— George R. R. Martin
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And what are your interests and hobbies, Nicholas?" Annabel asked faintly, sounding like a cross between a television interviewer and a hostage. Nick considered this…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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I could tell you a tale about something,' Miach offered, rubbing her hand absently. 'If you like.' She frowned thoughtfully. 'What sort of something?' 'Something…
— Lynn Kurland
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Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little…
— George R. R. Martin
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Will nodded toward Hadrian. “Look at the swords he’s carrying. A man wearing one—maybe he knows how to use it, maybe not. A man carries…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government
— Graham Chapman
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