Quote by Rae Carson

“No, no." I motion vaguely. "Relax. Don't look so... guardlike." They drop formation at once, glancing at one another shamefaced. Hector draped an arm…

— Rae Carson

“So are you here alone or is there someone looking daggers at my back right now, ready to challenge me to a duel?”

— Somi Ekhasomhi

“These Outwallers that killed Hector - the Sossag - they were serving a Power of the Wild called Thorn. Aye?" "Naming calls. But yes."…

— Miles Cameron

“I wanted him to take over. I wanted to follow his lead, not because I was weak, but because every good warrior used a…

— Cambria Hebert

“I hope that Hector kills you." The breath rasps in his throat. "Do you think I do not hope the same?" he asks.”

— Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles

“This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no one else…

— Madeline Miller

“Gabriel raised an eyebrow. “Are you seriously going out with a dagger strapped to your back? You might as well just wear a sign…

— Chelsea Fine

“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

“Ser Alliser Thorne walked from the room so stiffly it looked as though he had a dagger up his butt.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Did you just say 'kay kay'?” Hector asked. “Nuh nuh,” said Buster.”

— Neil McFarlane

“Instinctively, I shoved Vikram behind me and brought out the dagger.”

— Roshani Chokshi

“If I were an enemy, and I started bearing down on you like this," he draws his sword, stretches the tip towards me, takes…

— Rae Carson