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Quotes About Sword

Once, there was a girl who found a sword in the woods. Once, there was a girl who made a bargain with the Folk. Once, there was a girl who'd been a knight in the service of a monster. Once, there was a girl who vowed she would save everyone in the world, but forgot herself. Once, there was a girl… Hazel
~ Holly Black
He attacks again, his sword a silvery fish darting through the sea of the night.
~ Holly Black
He's begun a new sword for Madoc.' 'I wouldn't mind ruining that before it's put to my throat,' says Cardan. 'Look for the big one,' I say. 'That'll be it.' The Roach gives me a frown. I can't help not having a better description; the last time I saw it, it was barely more than a bar of metal. 'Really big,' I say. Cardan snorts.
~ Holly Black
From behind a tree, Vivi steps into view. Beside her is Taryn, wearing Nightfell on her hip. And with them, another person, who turns out not to be Heather at all. Grima Mog, sword drawn, sits astride a ragwort pony
~ Holly Black
My hair whips behind me, and when Oak glances back, I have to look away. Circlet at his brow, sword at his belt, in his shining belt, he looks like a knight from a child's imaginings, out of a storybook.
~ Holly Black
I am a knightrix, sworn to lend my blade to the defense of the defenseless, and sworn to strike a blow for justice against injustice!
~ Unknown
God's word is a God sword.
~ Lisa Bevere
Saul fell upon his sword to avoid suffering. Jesus stretched himself upon the cross to take away ours. Saul's suicide cheated his enemies. Jesus' sacrifice cheated death.
~ Lisa Bevere
Sir Kenneth MacMillan's version of 'Romeo and Juliet' is my favorite full-length ballet, Sergei Prokofiev's breathtaking score a favorite composition of music. As a student of martial arts, I loved drawing my sword in defense of my Capulet kin.
~ Sascha Radetsky
I suppose we should contact the local authorities?" said Wilbur. "I'm a princess," said Harriet. "We're in the hamster kingdom. I kinda am the authorities." "Yeah, but you're more a hitting-things-with-a-sword princess than a rehabilitating-villains princess." "Being hit with a sword can be very rehabilitating, under the right circumstances.
~ Unknown
Then lest the people should repeat Their visit to his calm retreat, Away from Chitrakúá¹­a's hill Fared Ráma ever onward till [pg 005] Beneath the shady trees he stood Of Da??aká's primeval wood, Virádha, giant fiend, he slew, And then Agastya's friendship knew. Counselled by him he gained the sword And bow of Indra, heavenly lord: A pair of quivers too, that bore Of arrows an exhaustless store.
~ V?lm?ki
The trembling hermits sought his aid, And bade him with his sword and bow Destroy the fiends who worked them woe: To come like Indra strong and brave
~ V?lm?ki
Não é difícil morrer em batalha, com a espada em punho, morrer ao sol, no auge do êxtase, no frenesim do combate. Já uma coisa muito diferente é irmo-nos apagando lentamente, à míngua e ao abandono.
~ Unknown
Recordó los versos que describían a Tristán e Isolda en el bosque: "Hay una espada dispuesta entre los dos, clara, brillante y desnuda".
~ Unknown
Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.
~ Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Just so you know: if a rakshasa shows up, I left my sword in the car.
~ Ilona Andrews
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.
~ Ilona Andrews
The perennial temptation is to creep under the angel's flaming sword, to try to create a heaven on earth.
~ Peter Kreeft
Drawing his sword, he gazed down at the gleaming blade. 'I pledge you to the destruction of Sparta,' he whispered. Raising the weapon high he pointed it to the south-east and, though the city was far beyond his range of vision, he pictured the sword poised above it with the sun's harsh light turning it to fire.
~ David Gemmell
One mornin' soon, now, de angel wid de sword is gointuh stop by here.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Assim, naquele dia, Arthur venceu a prova da espada e assumiu o seu direito de nascença à realeza. Portanto, que Deus conceda a Sua graça a todos vocês, para igualmente tenham sucesso nos seus propósitos. Pois qualquer homem pode ser um Rei na vida em que foi colocado desde que seja ele que retire a espada do sucesso do ferro das circunstâncias.
~ Howard Pyle
Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.
~ Idries Shah
Un problema resuelto es tan útil para la mente del hombre como una espada rota en un campo de batalla.
~ Idries Shah
La Oportunidad es preciosa, y el tiempo es una espada.
~ Idries Shah