He who fights by the sword, he f*****g dies by it, Tommy.
You know the old saying, never bring a knife to a sword fight. Unless it’s concealed.
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.
They all hate you.[Oscar Tully]I don’t need their love. I need their swords.[Daemon Targaryen]
Make a thousand kitchen knives. Then you may be ready to make a sword.[to Mizu]
A gun will never be as beautiful as a sword. But with a gun, you can take any sword you want.
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.
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.
