Quote by Laini Taylor

“He unsheathed his weapons one by one, slowly wiping down each one and laying them out carefully. She had never seen anything so sexy…

— Hanna Peach

“She was no mere weapon as she was trained to be, but a woman in full command of her power, unbowed and unbroken, and…

— Laini Taylor

“She practiced every day. She learned her own speed and her own explosive force. She learned the angle, position, and intensity of a killing…

— Kristin Cashore

“There were many things she could have said, but we forget to forge armor against the knife-thrusts of our loved ones.”

— Angela Panayotopulos

“She knew everything about how to survive in the wilderness, and only a little about battling evil men with automatic weapons intent on killing.”

— Elizabeth Goddard

“As for me, said the little marquise, I am too used to being a girl, and I want to remain one all my life.…

— François-Timoleon De Choisy

“My lashes shuddered, and I had to force my palm against the sword’s handle until cording bit into my skin, to force her back,…

— Chloe Neill

“Along the way, he followed his own advice and snagged a pair of mismatched daggers from the corpses of fallen archers. They weren’t as…

— Drew Hayes

“A sword wields no strength, unless the hand that holds it has courage.”

— Lucifer

“Unsheathe your swords!' He considered that. 'Or cheaper weapons! Let us ... do some good!”

— Joe Abercrombie

“It was almost impossible to operate with the best gear. The most effective weapons were the ones most hardest to obtain. More often than…

— Tom Wood

“He gave her his hand, sensing the thin strong rod of obdurate competence that was the armature of her artsy Village style.”

— Michael Chabon