Sword

"‘Mayhap the Sword-that-was-Broken may still stem the tide – if the hand that wields it has inherited not an heirloom only, but the sinews of the Kings of Men.’"

"I'm not saying the battle is won But on Saturday night all those kids in the sun Wrested technology's sword from the hands of the warlords."

"An old rusty sword ta’en out of the town armoury, with a broken hilt, and chapeless; with two broken points."

"‘Gil-galad died, and Elendil fell, and Narsil broke beneath him; but Sauron himself was overthrown, and Isildur cut the Ring from his hand with the hilt-shard of his father’s sword, and took it for his own.’"

"‘There is work for the Sword to do.’"

"Sauron will not have forgotten the sword of Elendil. The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith."

"I have seen the day, with my good biting falchion I would have made them skip."

"What mean these masterless and gory swords To lie discolour’d by this place of peace?"

"Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords. You might not be able to fight like a samurai, but you can at least die like a samurai."

"‘Old knives are long enough as swords for hobbit-people,’ he said. ‘Sharp blades are good to have, if Shire-folk go walking, east, south, or far away into dark and danger.’"

"‘Swords are no more use here. Go!’"

"They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs."

"Háma knelt and presented to Théoden a long sword in a scabbard clasped with gold and set with green gems. ‘Here, lord, is Herugrim, your ancient blade,’ he said. ‘It was found in his chest. Loth was he to render up the keys. Many other things are there which men have missed.’"

"The drawing of the scimitars of the Southrons was like a glitter of stars."

"Let this my sword report what speech forbears."

"The sword is out That must destroy thee."

"Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them."

"Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow."

"They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night."

"I've done what I swore an oath to God twenty-eight years ago to never do again. I've created "something that kills people". And in that purpose, I was a success. I've done this because, philosophically, I'm sympathetic to your aim. I can tell you, with no ego, this is my finest sword. If, on your journey, should you encounter God, God will be cut."

"There likewise I beheld Excalibur Before him at his crowning borne, the sword That rose from out the bosom of the lake. [...] On one side, Graven in the oldest tongue of all this world, 'Take me,' but turn the blade and ye shall see, And written in the speech ye speak yourself, 'Cast me away!' And sad was Arthur’s face Taking it, but old Merlin counselled him, 'Take thou and strike! the time to cast away Is yet far-off.' So this great brand the king Took, and by this will beat his foemen down."

"The man held his sword with his right hand reversed, in the style known as, "the sword which cuts and stabs as one"."

"Gandalf bore his staff, but girt at his side was the elven-sword Glamdring, the mate of Orcrist that lay now upon the breast of Thorin under the Lonely Mountain."

"Some of the swords were crooked: orc-scimitars with blackened blades."

"From out of the shadow a red sword leaped flaming. Glamdring glittered white in answer."

"‘What other fairer way would you desire?’ said Aragorn. ‘A plain road, though it led through a hedge of swords,’ said Boromir."

"‘Return with what speed you may, and let our swords hereafter shine together!’"

"‘Your fingers would remember their old strength better, if they grasped a sword-hilt.’"

"‘Come!’ said Aragorn. ‘This is the hour when we draw swords together!’"

"A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!"

"Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath."

"I’ll make thee eat iron like an ostrich, and swallow my sword like a great pin."

"Is’t Cade that I have slain, that monstrous traitor? Sword, I will hallow thee for this thy deed, And hang thee o’er my tomb when I am dead. Ne’er shall this blood be wipèd from thy point, But thou shalt wear it as a herald’s coat To emblaze the honour that thy master got."

"O, now doth Death line his dead chaps with steel; The swords of soldiers are his teeth, his fangs."

"I will not fight with a pole, like a northern man. I’ll slash, I’ll do it by the sword."

"Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword."

"It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook’s temper."

"Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law."

"I found a young Marine on guard among the blasted pillboxes at the base of the volcano. He had a Japanese samurai sword at his belt. "We flushed a Jap officer out of a cave over there," he told me, indicating a fire-blackened hole in the face of the cliff where a flame thrower had been used. "He came out waving his sword and we shot him. There were three of us and when we took his sword we couldn't decide which one had killed him and whose sword it was. So we decided to share." Drawing the blade from the scabbard, he added proudly, "It's my turn to wear it today, sir.""

"Murder is the only art a swordsman may practice. No ornamental words can change that. You want to protect people with murder? You’ll slaughter legions so that a few may live. Many years, long before you were born, my sword was tearing asunder the lives of men. Yes, all of those men were evil, but they were human beings first and foremost, Kenshin. The world you ardently desire to enter will not know what to do with you. It will deceive you into believing that you are saving lives even as you destroy them. You will accept these lies all the while, your hands will be stained with the worst of offenses."

"I never saw any one like him. He is steel! He would go through you like a sword!"

"The dint of swords from kisses seemèd strange."

"That really was a Hattori Hanzo sword."

": You hocked a Hattori Hanzo sword! : Yeah. : It was priceless. : Well not in El Paso, it ain't. In El Paso, I got me $250 for it."

"What record, or what relic of my lord Should be to aftertime, but empty breath And rumours of a doubt? But were this kept, Stored in some treasure-house of mighty kings, Some one might show it at a joust of arms, Saying, 'King Arthur’s sword, Excalibur, Wrought by the lonely maiden of the Lake. Nine years she wrought it, sitting in the deeps Upon the hidden bases of the hills.'"

"So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur: But ere he dipt the surface, rose an arm Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, And caught him by the hilt, and brandished him Three times, and drew him under in the mere."

"The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent Moon and the rayed Sun, and about them was written many runes; for Aragorn son of Arathorn was going to war upon the marches of Mordor. Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again; the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold, and its edge was hard and keen. And Aragorn gave it a new name and called it Andúril, Flame of the West."

"Boromir had a long sword, in fashion like Andúril but of less lineage."

"No gleam came from the blades of Sting or of Glamdring; and that was some comfort, for being the work of Elvish smiths in the Elder Days these swords shone with a cold light, if any Orcs were near at hand."

"There may be a hundred stances and sword positions, but you win with just one."