# Quote — Michael Moorcock, The Dragon in the Sword

> They’re Mabden, of course. They are afraid of the city. Afraid of almost everything. And being permitted no weapons with which they can attack what they fear, they are reduced to what you see. It seems the Mabden can only kill or run away. Their brains are of no use to them.

- Author: [Michael Moorcock](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock.md)
- Book: [The Dragon in the Sword](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword.md)
- Page: 581
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock#The_Dragon_in_the_Sword_(1986)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/theyre-mabden-of-course

## More from this book

> Your imagination is notoriously poor. Not everyone holds identical ambitions to your own!

p. 560 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/your-imagination-is-notoriously.md)

> Indeed, to be a hero, forever at war, is to be in some ways always a child. The true challenge comes in making sense of one’s life, of imbuing it with purpose based on one’s own principles.

p. 687 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/indeed-to-be-a-hero.md)

> “For years my lady made her plans. And when the time came to put them into action, how wonderfully she was able to achieve her ambitions.”
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> “Only because few rational people can ever begin to understand such a lust for power,” said von Bek feelingly. “There is nothing more puerile than the mind of a tyrant.”

p. 629 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/for-years-my-lady.md)