Middle ground Quote by Nicola Griffith

“A battle in the shield wall. It's smelling your enemy's breath while he tries to disembowel you with an axe, it's blood and shit…

— Bernard Cornwell

“Some wars are fought with swords and shields; others are fought with silence, mirrors, and trembling hands.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

“Back when I was a regular mortal kid, I didn't know much about combat. I had some murky ideas that armies would line up,…

— Rick Riordan

“The poets, when they speak of war, talk of the shield wall, they talk of the spears and arrows flying, of the blade beating…

— Bernard Cornwell

“The female warrior knows how to fight without violence. She knows when not to raise her sword, but instead hold up her heart. Her…

— Riitta Klint

“Being with him was like smashing against a stone wall—shattering into pieces on impact. He stood unshakable, all steel and rage, hearing nothing but…

— Slava Pilotoff

“You must bear losses like a soldier, the voice told me, bravely and without complaint, and just when the day seems lost, grab your…

— Margaret George

“It amazed Forrest that so many men seemed to wake up in the morning needing some kind of beating or another, men saying and…

— Matt Bondurant

“I was more of a ‘run into things head-first and face-plant a wall’ type of fighter.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Reflections of the battlements shimmered in the deep green moat, casting an image of enduring strength, an image that defied the very siege of…

— Karen Azinger

“He fought her the way a coward fights a man--with feet, the palms of his hands, and teeth.”

— Toni Morrison

“We Built a Castle Near the Rocks, we built it out of sand. Our fortress was an ice-cream box with turret, tall and grand.…

— Jack Prelutsky