“I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car."
Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?"
"No. But I like to pretend it is.”
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
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                                    “A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.”
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                    quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.
                                
                            
                                        
                                        Seneca is here describing arguments used by 'certain men,' not stating his own opinion. 
Alternate translation: A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. (translator unknown). 
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXVII: Some arguments in favor of the simple life, Line 30
                                    
 
                            
                        
                        
                        Sudden Light http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/roset03.html#1, st. 1 (1881).
 
                            
                        
                        
                        
                                        
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