“I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike.”

— Sylvia Plath , book The Bell Jar

Source: The Bell Jar

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American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

Dawud Wharnsby (1972) Canadian musician

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“There is a sword," I said. "A sword that is — is not quite a sword as we think of weapons. My mind is cloudy there still. But I know that Ghast Rhymi can tell me where it is. A weapon, yet not a weapon. The Sword Called Llyr.”

Henry Kuttner book The Dark World

Source: The Dark World (1954), Ch. 9 : Realm of the Superconscious

“I am that is, my sword shall wield for me.”

Brian Jacques Redwall

Source: Redwall

“You said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Strikes

“I am not a hero; I am a soldier. When the battle is lost, I retreat and regroup; when the war is over, I lay down my sword. No last dashing charge; no futile last stand!”

David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate

Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 8

“I never worshipped anything but my sword and my wits; now I suffer for it. But I can take it, for am I not a man?”

David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate

Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 12
Context: I never worshipped anything but my sword and my wits; now I suffer for it. But I can take it, for am I not a man?... It is not hard to be a legend, Tenaka. It is what follows when you have to live like one.