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My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!
Feet, what do I need them for
If I have wings to fly.
You still haven't eaten your muffin. (Sunshine)
'Yeah, right. He still hadn't eaten his boots either, and he'd rather feast on one of them than that thing in her hand.' (Talon)
Where there are wars, there will be crows, the carrion-fanciers. And ravens too, the warbirds, the eyeball gourmands. And vultures, the holy birds of yore, old connoisseurs of rot.
This book is a salute to the scientists and the surgeons, running along in the wake of combat, lab coats flapping. Building safer tanks, waging war on filth flies. Understanding turkey vultures. T
You are your own best weapon. Kestrel
He'd stay if Talon wanted him to, if Talon asked. All Talon had to do was ask
and three more for special "assignments." Nathanial provided long stiletto knives for the special training. The narrow knives were all black with thin blades that went straight to a point and sharp edges on both sides. They were design for one purpose, killing.
Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
around. Their sword is the
The heel of Achilles
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
The helmed Cherubim,
And sworded Seraphim,
Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.
Raven." There was a long pause as Ronan regarded his hand. "Maybe a crow. But I doubt it. I ... yeah, seriously doubt it. Corvus corax."
Even drunk, Ronan knew the Latin name for the common raven.
Kestrel felt a slow, slight throb, a shimmer in the blood. She knew it well.
Her worst trait. Her best trait.
The desire to come out on top, to set her opponent under her thumb.
A streak of pride. Her mind ringed with hungry rows of foxlike teeth.
Dreams drawn from the sheath.
The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.
The blades shuddered.
What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth, Atreides?
Bound by Blood, Marked by the Dragonfly.
Mountain bats, those massive serpentine creatures of myth. Those ancient scavengers of the battlefield.
Illium says that perhaps I can use them to flutter someone to death.
- Aodhan to Jason, Archangel's Storm
Alis volat propiss. (She flies with her own wings.)
Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.
Dorian, I have wings!"
"I can see that."
"What am I?" I asked, as chills ran up my spine.
"I - I can't be positive, because I have never seen one. But I think you're a phoenix," he said in amazement. "You are so beautiful.
Attack, voracious
eating, and flight:
it's a sound routine
for staying alive on edges.
Predator and prey move in silent gestures, on the seductive dance of death, in the shadows cast by the vultures of the night.
Daggers. Never leave home without them.
May the gods damn you all! (Talon)
The gods don't damn us, we damn ourselves by our words and deeds. (Acheron)
Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and lime. They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send the Talon for your head.
You bear a sword and shield, remind me
of her labor, her stoning gaze. What beast
will your blade free next? What call will you loose
from another woman's throat?
White angel wings, made up from thousands of short feathers, now surrounded him.
"Uh. Bird?" She pointed dumbly, unable to form a single coherent though more.
"Harpie." He gave her a glare that could have killed.
feet, what do i need you for if i have wings to fly?
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
La Griffe, "The Claw." Simple and small. The index finger goes through the hole near the blade. Favored by climbers and boaters.
Feathers needed, swan preferred.
THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O grave! where is thy victory?
O death! where is thy sting?
A hawk swooped overhead and Mapleshade imagined it feasting on Ravenwing's body after she had finished with him. He would bleed a river of blood, every drop spilled for her helpless kits ...
Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. A bird held down by skin
Birds of fortuity flutter down on her shoulders ...
The Barbarian's shoes are Hair Jordans
They lift their axes and slice through Raffe's wing joints. They . . . . . his wings . . . I don't know if Raffe yells out in his pain, because all I hear is my own scream. Raffe falls.
Crows," Maximus breathed. "Was that who I think it was?"
"Phrygiar Navaris," Tavi said, nodding.
"What was she doing here?" Max asked.
"Getting humiliated, mostly. Especially there at the end.
glass knives were about as useful as nipples on a knight's breastplate,
Vialine counted the points off on her small fingers. "So quickness to strike, and cleverness, and aggression without conscience, honor or pity."
Thorn held up her empty hands. "They've got me everything I have.
Luscious feet that listened to the soil and stole its secrets.
I ran again, losing myself amongst my water-wolves. Some of the soldiers were taking to the sky, flapping upward, backtracking. So my wolves grew wings, and talons, and became falcons and hawks and eagles. They
Military glory
that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood
that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy ...
Wings - -vast shimmering wings, their reach so great they swept the walls on either side of the alley, each feather like the wind-tugged lick of a candle flame.
Crete was heavily fortified, but Nicephorus brushed aside the waiting Arab army by sending in his marines - terrifying Norse warriors whose terrible double-bladed axes could smash through armor and bone alike.
Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.
Ah, man. (Talon)
What? (Wulf)
Friggin' Fabio alert. (Talon)
Hey, you're not too far from the mark either, blondie. (Wulf)
Bite me, Viking. (Talon)
Shut up, Nick. (Talon)
'Shut up, Nick, heel, sit, fetch.' Love you too, Celt. (Nick)
I am become a blade.
I'm not a fool, no matter what you people think of the Thuvhesit,' Akos snapped, his cheeks going ruddy as he picked up the practice blade. 'You think I'm going to just let you set me up for a fall?'"
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fantastic shadows of birds
Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
He was the god of tide-lap and wingbeat, talon and pearl. She was the goddess of ... herself. And he could not look away from her.
The name Prometheus has always caused me particular annoyance, for my breast still aches from the everlasting beak of the vulture from which Alcides set me free.
I shot him daggers. Along with swords, scythes, scalpels, shivs, shanks, stilettos, and any other sharp weapon I could think of that began with an s.
I took in her shoes, the dark leather and bright red laces, the toes of the shoes like smirks and the high heels like stems or talons. They were cancan shoes. I'd never seen them before and so I stared at them. I'd
Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.
The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides.
Fly, Abraxos," she breathed.
Abraxos sucked in a great breath, tucked his wings in tight, and fell off the side of the post.
He liked to do that - just tumble off as though he'd been struck dead.
Her wyvern, it seemed, had a wicked sense of humor.
Sieges weathered.
Word - That invisible dagger.
Beware of those angels with their wings glued on.
the cloak of Sorrow: O
(no heels or steel toes, so I can't use them as weapons)
Dark, primitive magic. Swords Against Death.
Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their wings.
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
And speaking of scary things, I need to leave. My guides are fading even as we speak. (Talon)
I hate when you commune with the dead in front of me. (Kyrian)
Are you the asshole who sent the 'I See Dead People' T-shirt to me? (Talon)
That would be Wulf. (Kyrian)
You know, Talon, killing a soul-sucking Daimon without a good fight is like sex without foreplay. A total waste of time and completely un ... satisfying. (Wulf)
The Kel unsheathed their swords, each tinted differently, blank bars of light. Cheris's ran from blue near the hilt to red at the tip. As they closed with the enemy, numbers blazed to life along the lengths of the blades: the day and the hour of your death, as the Kel liked to say.
warriors. "So will I," mewed Dustpelt.
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
Itinerant killers of basilisks; travelling slayers of dragons and vodniks!
Hawk was a fucking selfless savior, practically a saint. Where were his wings?
Seagulls ... slim yachts of the element.
On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.
Herondales, someone had told her once. They were everything that Shadowhunters had to offer, all in one family: both the best, and the worst.
Seagulls were the souls of dead soldiers. Owls were the souls of women. Doves were the recently departed souls of unmarried girls. Was
Would that I had wings as well.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
[The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.]
I don't know . . . jaguars and obsidian. That's not their style. Why didn't she use a silver dagger on you?" "Maybe
The hawk's cry is as sharp as its beak.
A gathering nimbus obscured the sun's light and out from the gathered clouds looped and coiled the guardian of the avian world. With a trail of inferno in her wake, it was Alicanto
Suddenly feeling overwhelmed, Talon said, 'It doesn't matter. They are all dead.' He felt moisture gathering in his eyes and blinked. 'It's been a while since I've felt that.'
Caleb nodded. 'It never goes away, completely. But you'll discover other things in life.
The hawk is on my fist. Thirty ounces of death in a feathered jacket; a being whose world is drawn in plots and vectors that pull her towards lives' ends.
She conquered her demons and wore her scars like wings.
ShadowClan will soar above you all!" "Leopard and Tiger will feast on your bones!" "Rivers of blood, washing away everything the Clans have known . . .
Do you own anything not pink? (Talon)
I have a purple razor if you'd rather. (Sunshine)
Please. (Talon)
(She pulled out a darker pink one.)
That's not purple. It's pink too. (Talon)
Well, that's all I have unless you want my X-Acto blade. (Sunshine)
I must rule with eye and claw - as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides
For what shall I wield a dagger, O Lord?
What can I pluck it out of,
Or plunge it into,
When you are all the world?
It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory, when I was still in the cradle, a vulture came down to me, he opened my mouth with his tail and struck me a few times with his tail against my lips.
The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
The bones of cirrus clouds stand out like ribs against the sky - an angel is stretching ...