And the One will take the Sword of the Western Sun and triumph over the enemy with boldness and insight. The arm of the One is steady and heads will roll. Snow Giants will battle.

— Barbara T. Cerny

It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else.

— T.H. White

By the second cycle of the solstice of the warm time, the One will face the enemy. And the One will unearth the Shield of the Northern Lights and smote the enemy with daring and intelligence. The heart of the One is pious and evil will cower. Couatl will rise.

— Barbara T. Cerny

A crossbow?” Pigeon asked.I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,” the man said.

— Brandon Mull

And the One will reveal the Bow of the Southern Star and conquer the enemy with courage and fine judgment. The sight of the One is true and the enemy cannot hide. Griffon will fly.

— Barbara T. Cerny

Iron has powers to draw a man to ruin.

— Homer

In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electronic button. Such a war will not last long and none will ever follow it. There will be no conquerors and no conquests, but only the charred bones of the dead on and uninhabited planet.

— William L. Shirer

Weaponry is a fear-raising idea.

— Toba Beta

I came to see the streets and the schools as the arms of the same beast. One enjoyed the official power of the state while the other enjoyed its implicit sanction. But fear and violence were the weaponry of both.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

General..Behold the future of weaponry.'What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?'It's..Technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!'It's..What?

— Toba Beta