What is a sword?[The Swordmaker]The soul of a samurai.[Mizu]It is a line. On one side of the line is life. The other, death. The edge we forge cuts the line between life and death.[The Swordmaker]
Courage without the sword is the more difficult path. It must, in time, become the only path.
Make a thousand kitchen knives. Then you may be ready to make a sword.[to Mizu]
Why would you agree to train someone from the Water Tribe?[Katara]The way of the sword doesn’t belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the arts belongs to us all.[Piandao]
When you write your name, you stamp the paper with your identity. You must learn to use your sword to stamp your identity on a battlefield. Remember, you cannot take back a stroke of the brush, or a stroke of the sword.[to Sokka]
Those who chase the sword are doomed to obsession. But those who are patient, who let the sword come to them, are the ones with the wisdom to wield it.
They all hate you.[Oscar Tully]I don’t need their love. I need their swords.[Daemon Targaryen]
The sword is the soul of the samurai, and so it must match the man. His blade should be rigid and thin. And gaudy.
The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master it becomes the most versatile of weapons. And just as the imagination is limitless, so too are the possibilities of the sword.
Swords are fun.[William Riker: You had this in there the whole time? A phaser, and you didn’t use it?]
Sword or no sword, those enemies will eventually find you and kill you.[to Nimue]
Creativity, versatility, intelligence… these are the traits that define a great swordsman. And these are the traits that define you.[to Sokka]
