Quotes about sword
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“Wrongly chosen, wrongly slain, A hero Valhalla cannot contain. Nine days hence the sun must go east, Ere Sword of Summer unbinds the beast.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

Sun, Summer

“Those swords are mine! Touch them and I’ll use ‘em to slice off your nut sack! For a coin purse!”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Dreams of a Dark Warrior

“This world has need of song and sword.”

Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer

Source: Dragon Bones

World

“Your sword is made out of your grandmother’s bones?”
“Okay, I see how it sounds weird when you say it in that tone of voice”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Breaks

“I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire”

Michele Bardsley (1970) American writer

Heart

“Annabeth laced her fingers through his. In the light of his bronze sword, her face was beautiful.
'We're together,' she reminded him. 'We'll get through this.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Beauty, Light

“I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.”

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Sleep, Fight

“It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.”

John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower

Source: The Outcasts

“The thing about talking swords…it’s hard to tell when they’re kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo--as pale and gaunt as he looked--might be more than he could handle.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Drawing

“We are taught to treat a practice sword with all the respect of a real weapon, so no thoughtless mistakes are made"
"Oh… In Eddis, we learn to keep tack of the weapon we have in our hand.”

Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

Learning

“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Source: The Analects

Dance

“We’re multigenerational Squires. (Carl)
Which means what? You prance around with tinfoil armor and plastic swords pretending to be knights? (Nick)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Infinity

“As a pirate, she once undressed a fencing instructor using only her sword!”

Kathy Reichs book Seizure

Source: Seizure

“Sometimes fear made you angry. Perhaps after years anger cooled, like a sword taken from a forge. Perhaps in the end you were left with something very cold and very sharp.”

Frances Hardinge book Fly by Night

Source: Fly by Night

Fear, Anger

“Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all.
~Shuhei Hisagi”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Variant: He who does not fear the sword he holds is not worthy of holding a sword.
-Hisagi Shuuhei

Fear

“A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

Guy

“Just so you know: if a rakshasa shows up, I left my sword in the car.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Bleeds

Cars

“What a man can take with a sword, a woman can give by her flesh alone. Life.”

Robin Hobb book Fool's Fate

Source: Fool's Fate

Life

“But it was Valentine. I saw him. In fact, he had the Sword with him when he came down to the cells and taunted me through the bars. It was like a bad movie, except he didn't actually twirl his mustache. - Jace Wayland”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?”

Jim Butcher book Death Masks

Source: Death Masks

Evil, Fight

“… for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.”

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection"

Source: The Origin of Species

Victory

“Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.”

Ally Carter book Only the Good Spy Young

Source: Only the Good Spy Young

Secret, Learning

“When the news you don't want to hear is looming before you like Everest, two things can happen. Tragedy can run you through like a sword, or it can become your backbone. Either you fall apart and sob, or you say, 'Right. What's next?”

Jodi Picoult book Lone Wolf

Source: Lone Wolf

“No," Frank said. "I'm only a centurion."

Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't control a whole legion. He's not of high enough rank."

Nico swung back his black sword at another gryphon. "Well, then, promote him!”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“Rocking back and forth, she clutched the sword like it was the only thing she had ever loved, and let the blood spill down instead of tears.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

Love, Tear

“Everything rests on the poisoned wine. If it were just the queen, I could force it down her gullet, but Declan Broekhart would run me through with that damned ceremonial sword, and if his wife's stares were daggers, he'd be dead already.”

Eoin Colfer book Airman

Source: Airman

Wine, Dead

“I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands.”

Zora Neale Hurston book Dust Tracks on a Road

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road

Mountain

“You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and the enemy does him the favor of falling upon it in precisely the right way.”

Lynn Kurland (2000) American writer

Source: Star of the Morning

Way

“Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations.
Their right to be free men,
Their desire to live in peace,
Their courage to seek out truth,
Herein lies the Sword of Shannara.”

Terry Brooks book The Sword of Shannara

Source: The Sword of Shannara

Men, Truth, Peace, Soul

“Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley and looked slightly like a cross between a koala and a cuddly dog.”

Ridley Pearson (1953) American writer

Source: Disney in Shadow

Dogs

“I gave the dwarves an arrogant look, like, Yeah, that’s right. I’ve got a talking disco sword and you don’t.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.”

Homér Iliad

Source: The Iliad

Drawing, Country

“Silena appeared out of the woods, her sword drawn. Her Aphrodite armour was pink and red, colour coordinated to match her clothes and makeup. She looked like Guerilla Warfare Barbie.”

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Files

Source: The Demigod Files

Appearance, Clothes

“my sword reappeared in my pocket.
yeah, great timing. now i could attack the walls all i wanted. my cell had no bar, no window, not even a door”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

Time

“You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Truth

“Never underestimate the value of knowing another's language. It can be far more powerful than swords and arrows.”

Melina Marchetta Finnikin of the Rock

Source: Finnikin of the Rock

“One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys.”

Holly Black (1971) American children's fiction writer

Source: Valiant

Boy, Fight, Night, Dead

“Tanith has a sword.' said Valkyrie. 'I want a stick.'
'I'll get you a stick for Christmas”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Christmas

“I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the sword of war or of the law.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to papal nuncio Count Dugnani (14 February 1818)
1810s

War, Law

“… when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout counter of our dreams, we must not be afraid to hurl the fruit cocktail can of hope.”

Dave Barry (1947) American writer

Dreams, Hope

“Armed with my sword and wand, I was all set for a stroll through the swamp to look for a hungry monster. Oh, joy!”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Sobek

Source: The Son of Sobek

Joy

“I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know." Lan raised his own sword in salute.”

Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time

Source: A Memory of Light

“That’s Carlos?” Phineas lowered his sword and whistled under his breath. “Hello, kitty.”

Kerrelyn Sparks (1955) American writer

Source: All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire

“My Akri says that tragedy and adversity are the stones we sharpen our swords against ao that we can fight new battles.- Simi”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Variant: Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.
Source: Infinity

Fight

“I’m warning you, stay back! This sword has magic.'
'Magic!' the dragon gasped in mock fright. It put a claw to its breast. 'Oh, please, brave man, don’t slay me with your magic sword!”

Terry Goodkind book Wizard's First Rule

Source: Wizard's First Rule

“Swords can’t solve every problem.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

Problem

“I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Source: Bleach, Volume 05

“I have walked a stair of swords,
I have worn a coat of scars.
I have vowed with hollow words,
I have lied my way to the stars
-Songs of Sapphique”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

Way, Star

“You spoke the truth, Percy Jackson. You are nothing like… like Hercules. I am honored that you carry this sword.”

Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

Truth

“Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu

Act ii, Scene ii. This is the origin of the much quoted phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword". Compare: "Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subsect. 4.
Richelieu (1839)

Men

“Clary," he said. "You saved my life."
"I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire."
His lips twitched imperceptibly. "Okay," he said. "So maybe our problems aren't like other couples.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Variant: I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire."
His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. "Okay, so maybe our problems aren't like other couples.
Source: City of Lost Souls

Life, Problem

“Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.”

Jasper Fforde book The Eyre Affair

Source: The Eyre Affair

“Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough.
The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Sobek

Source: The Son of Sobek

“Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.”

Robert E. Howard The Complete Chronicles of Conan

"The Phoenix on the Sword" (1932)
Source: The Complete Chronicles of Conan

“No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 40, “On the Horns” (p. 290)
Context: Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!

Life