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• Bridget adds, "Did Anyone bring a weapon?" "Confiscated," Zach admits for both of us. Vesper holds up her metal fingernail file. "They didn't take this." We're dealing with the forces of evil," I point out. "Not the TSA.

  Cynthia Leitich Smith

  Tsa, Evil, Add

  Cynthia Leitich Smith (2012). “Diabolical”, p.145, Candlewick Press

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• A hush of expectancy descended in the chamber as all waited to hear the request. What treasure could he want? Laren inventoried in her mind all the precious trappings of the castle she could think of -jewels, weapons, art-and she saw that the others must be doing the same. What did the Sacoridians possess that would be good enough for the Eletian prince? "My brother," Graelalea said, "requires many pounds of dark chocolate fudge and Dragon Droppings. We must visit the Master of Chocolate.

  Kristen Britain

  Art, Brother, Dark

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• A real man's weapon is his mind.

  Rick Riordan

  Real, Men, Mind

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• Knowledge is your weapon...Kill them with it.

  Jim Butcher

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• If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.

  Melina Marchetta

  Savages, Existence, Ifs

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• Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The wood bounced off the man's helmet, but the blow was powerful enough to daze him, so Lukel followed it with a solid blow to the face. The soldier dropped and Lukel grabbed his weapon. Now he had a sword. He only wished he knew how to use it.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Powerful, Blow, Men

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• You’re better off fighting hand to hand than wielding a weapon you don’t know how to use. A skilled opponent would simply disarm you. Then your troubles would be doubled. Not only would you be under attack, but you’d have to counter your own weapon

  Maria V. Snyder

  Fighting, Hands, Would Be

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, p.185, MIRA

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• Jasmine smirke at the weapon in my hand. "That little toothpick won't save you, Gypsy." "Touthpick?" Vic muttered in an indignant voice. “Did she just call me a bleeding toothpick? Kill her! Kill her now!

  Jennifer Estep

  Hands, Voice, Littles

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• I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Done, Strongest, I Can Do It

  Lauren DeStefano (2012). “Fever”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• In the world of the superheroes, everything had value, potential, mystery. Any person, thing, or object could be drafted into service in the struggle against darkness and evil - remade as a weapon or a warrior or a superhero. Even a little bee named Michael - after God's own avenging angel - could pitch in to win the battle against wickedness.

  Grant Morrison

  Struggle, Angel, Warrior

  Grant Morrison (2011). “Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero”, p.48, Random House

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• The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Warrior, Soul, Battle

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• among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

  Tracy Kidder

  Coward, Cynicism

  Tracy Kidder (2003). “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World”, p.241, Random House

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• Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?

  David Mitchell

  Country, Mass Destruction, Nuclear

  David Mitchell (2007). “Ghostwritten”, p.340, Vintage

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• We're going jogging." "I don't run for recreation. I run when someone's after me with a weapon." "That can be arranged.

  Karen Chance

  Running, Jogging, Recreation

  Karen Chance (2011). “Cassie Palmer Novels 1-5”, p.902, Penguin

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• She stared at me. "Fly, ;ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?" "Yeah," I said. "Pretty much exactly like that.

  Rick Riordan

  Airplane, Sky, Nuclear

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• You're my life, Elle. When we have our children, they'll be included in that circle and I'm not a man to lose everything. I want you as safe as possible." "So you don't think three protection dogs, a room filled with weapons, a panic room and house that eats people isn't just a little overkill?

  Christine Feehan

  Dog, Children, Men

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• Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for a refugee. Our knowledge is without measure and we build the weapons that will destroy us. We live on the edge of ourselves, terrified of the darkness within. We have harmed, corrupted and ruined, we have made mistakes and deceived.

  John le Carre

  Children, Mistake, Home

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• He won't hurt me. I have a secret weapon.

  Sandra Brown

  Hurt, Secret, Hurt Me

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• It doesn't matter how good the enemy's weapons are. If he can't see you, he can't hit you. Cover, cover, cover. Make sure you're never exposed.

  Steig Larsson

  Enemy, Matter, Exposed

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• Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source, a weapon against pain

  Lauren Oliver

  Pain, Rain, Wind

  Lauren Oliver (2015). “Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem”, p.434, Hachette UK

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• He felt around desperately for a weapon. What did he have? Diapers? Cookies? Oh, why hadn't they given him a sword? He was the stupid warrior, wasn't he? His fingers dug in the leather bag and closed around the root beer can. Root beer! He yanked out the can shaking it with all his might. "Attack! Attack!" he yelled.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupid, Beer, Warrior

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.119, Scholastic Inc.

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• Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says. “Then you shoot me," I say furiously, shoving the weapons back at him. "You shoot me and go home and live with it!" And as I say it, I know death right here, right now would be the easier of the two.

  Suzanne Collins

  Home, Two, Mutts

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.446, Scholastic Inc.

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• Miss Lynn came around the corner of the row of lockers,glaring daggers. No, daggers would be too delicate a weapon for her.Glaring sledgehammers was probably more appropriate.

  Kiersten White

  Missing, Would Be, Daggers

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• Good health is the best weapon against religion. Healthy bodies and healthy minds have never been shaken by religious fears.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Religious, Healthy, Mind

  "Tears and Saints". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1937.

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• Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Fighting, Men, Soldier

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.668, Macmillan

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