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0d1b350 Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger. bushido warriorship motivational life-lessons life wisdom inspirational warrior-ethos martial-arts ataraxy serenity warriors anger-management anger life-experience inner-peace self-control Bohdi Sanders
48c2d82 "A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart." struggle true strength heartbreak hope hope-for-the-hopeless hopefulness keep-the-faith struggling george-r-r-martin warriors hardship strength-through-adversity knights searching dead George R.R. Martin
57a050d Soldiers manage by dividing themselves. They're one man in the killing, another at home, and the man that dandles his bairn on his knee has nothing to do wi' the man who crushed his enemy's throat with his boot, so he tells himself, sometimes successfully. war warriors Diana Gabaldon
e25ef9f "Don't go thinking you can bounce me all over the ground just because I look like somebody's grandmother," the woman said dryly. "Some grandchildren need more raising than others, and I supply it," she grinned, showing very white teeth. -- Esa Bell, Shang Wildcat" -- keladry-of-mindelan shang warriors Tamora Pierce
43e62d8 There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America's jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X's} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells. racism leadership african-american-men black-leadership black-liberation-movement black-middle-class black-prophets black-revolutionaries careerists conscientious-objection freedom-fighters industrial-prison-complex mass-incarceration political-advocacy political-prisoners prison-reform martyrs african-americans malcolm-x black-history-month racial-discrimination warriors political-philosophy Cornel West
22c2b9b "It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. ... War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way... warriors Cormac McCarthy
75758f3 Together we would make reputation, we would have men in halls across Britain telling the story of our exploit. Or of our deaths. They were friends, they were oath-men, they were young, they were warriors, and with such men it might be possible to storm the gates of Asgard itself. friends death oath-men reputation warriors Bernard Cornwell
101d04c As much as I enjoy a fight, I cannot always indulge myself, and just now I had more weighty matters to occupy my time than spilling the blood of strange warriors. john-carter warriors Edgar Rice Burroughs
ba5584e It was while he was on the tower that Robbie came to the rampart beneath. 'I want you to look at this,' Robbie called up to him, and flourished a newly painted shield. 'You like it?' Thomas peered down and, in the moonlight, saw something red. 'What is it?' he asked. 'A blood smear?' 'You blind English bastard,' Robbie said, 'it's the red heart of Douglas!' 'Ah. From up here it looks like something died on the shield. warriors Bernard Cornwell
1c4ae72 We, the Sworn Sisterhood, do solemnly vow to take back Acadia from those who are responsible for the scourge of the dragon and the tempests. We will fight them with our hands and our weapons. We will fight them with the power of our conviction. We will face the enemy without fear. We will take the enemy down and bring the enemy to justice and there is nothing that can stand in our way. sisterhood sworn warriors oath Mercedes Lackey
97693ad An accident of birth had signed her death warrant. He could mark her name off his to-do list. paranormal-urban-fantasy warriors vampires Linda Howard
36f84e0 "I'm calling the police," she said, showing him the phone in her hand. He smiled, and for a moment she forgot about the phone. "You don't need the police." No, of course she didn't How silly." paranormal-urban-fantasy warriors vampires Linda Howard
ecdf7d7 Women, music, beer, and pie. Rurik, you're just an all-American guy. warriors vampires Linda Howard
fc01d13 You will not say how you are haunted by the faces of the men you killed, how in their last gasp of life they sought your pity and you had none. You will not speak of the boys who died screaming for their mothers while you twisted a blade in their guts and snarled your scorn into their ears. You will not confess that you wake in the night, covered in sweat, heart hammering, shrinking from the memories. You will not talk of that, because that is the horror, and the horror is held in the heart's hoard, a secret, and to admit it is to admit fear, and we are warriors. We do not fear. We strut. We go to battle like heroes. We stink of shit. heroes fear secret shit warriors horror Bernard Cornwell
015d64e "We are warriors of Allah." "You are thugs with Korans." warriors Nadeem Aslam
d40aec4 "Hurry," Hector urged, and his voice changed as his power surged, his tone and cadence sliding into the rhythm that said he was seeing the future. "Battle is in the air. I smell it. I can almost touch it. Death is coming Death is coming for us." With a click, the call disconnected." paranormal-urban-fantasy warriors vampires Linda Howard