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• Her nudity is her armor. It blinded the drooling fools. They couldn't see anything else while they saw her body.

  Brent Weeks

  Body, Saws, Fool

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• So this chocolate princess. Her knight in shining armor is the Easter Bunny.

  Rachel Cohn

  Easter, Princess, Knights

  Rachel Cohn (2008). “You Know Where to Find Me”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• The strange thing about Roman soldiers in the comics was the amount of trouble they took over their armor and their helmets, and then, after all that, they left their legs bare. It didn't make any sense at all. Weatherwise or otherwise.

  Arundhati Roy

  Suits Of Armor, Roman Soldiers, Legs

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.83, Penguin Books India

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• Thankfully,two old friends stood next to the throne. Horus wore full battle armor and a khopesh sword at his side.is kohl-lined eyes-one gold, one silver-were as piercing as ever. At his side stood Isis in a shimmering white gown, with wings of light. "Welcome," Horus said. "Um, hi," I said. "He has a way with words," Isis muttered, which made Sadie snort.

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Light, Isis

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• Turns out that once you kill a god, people want to talk to you. Paranormal insurance salesmen with special "godslayer" term life policies. Charlatan's with "godproof" armor and extraplanar safe houses for rent. But most notably, other gods.

  Kevin Hearne

  People, House, Special

  Kevin Hearne (2011). “Hounded (with two bonus short stories): The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One”, p.295, Del Rey

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• You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.

  George R. R. Martin

  Moving, Thinking, Suits Of Armor

  George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.540, Bantam

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• Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she isn't just beautiful in spite of the scar, she's somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with her buzzed hair, like Tobias with the memories of his father's cruelty that he wears like armor, like my mother in her plain gray clothing.

  Veronica Roth

  Beautiful, Mother, Memories

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• Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he only had time to put on a suit of armor and ride swiftly on a black horse into a very well-lit woods where he vanished forever.

  Richard Brautigan

  Horse, Dwarves, Knights

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• Women do not need a knight in shining armor or a Prince Charming to come to their rescue.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Knights, Shining, Needs

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• Speaking of hope, did you see that shot Alec got off with his bow? That's my boyfriend." He beamed and wiggled his fingers; blue sparks shot from them. He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.

  Cassandra Clare

  Blue, My Boyfriend, Battle

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Lost Souls”, p.478, Simon and Schuster

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• The only vulnerable place in our armor is where we ourselves leave it exposed, because God has armed us at all points. He has made us impervious to outside attacks. But when we boil inside, destruction waits upon us.

  Brigham Young, Jr.

  Anger, Waiting, Vulnerable

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• What you love, you will love. What you undertake you will complete. You are a fulfiller of hope; you are to be relied on. But seventeen years give little armor against despair...Consider, Arren. To refuse death is to refuse life.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Life, Love You, Years

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “The Farthest Shore”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• Take off your armor; dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself to be yourself.

  Maria Shriver

  Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Vulnerable

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• Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for battle; the pilgrim's preparation for his journey. It must be supplemented by action or it amounts to nothing.

  Austin Phelps

  Christian, Prayer, Book

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• Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America ... (She is) the light of the world ... A nation of heroes ... The real stars are wearing body armor on top of their battle dress uniforms in 130 degree heat and they do not have stunt doubles to come in for them when the going gets rough and the bullets and the shrapnel start flying. They are the real stars, fighting terrorism and trying to free a nation.

  Ben Stein

  Morning, Stars, Military

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• . . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.

  Patrick Henry

  Long, Liberty, Sound

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• What kind of living can be out of fear? Once the armor is dropped you can live out of love, you can live in a mature way. The fully matured man has no fear, no defense; he is psychologically completely open and vulnerable.

  Rajneesh

  Fear, Love You, Men

  Rajneesh Osho (2003). “The World Beyond Time”, p.159, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd

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• Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a population that has no air force, no air defense, no navy, no heavy weapons, no artillery units, no mechanized armor, no command in control, no army and calls it a war.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Block, Islamic

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• The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

  Patrick Henry

  Government, Pillars, Moral

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.

  Denzel Washington

  Success, Mistake, Boys

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• Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

  Florence King

  Women, Egalitarianism, America

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.97, Macmillan

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• We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel...

  George W. Bush

  Troops, Fundamentals, Fuel

  George W. Bush's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 4, 2004.

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• You don't value families if you force them to take up a collection to buy body armor for a son or daughter in the service.

  John F. Kerry

  Daughter, Son, Body

  "Kerry: We are here to make America stronger", www.cnn.com. July 30, 2004.

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• Sometimes what holds you together and what tears you apart are the same things.
  My lungs are made of armor so that I can breathe when you are not here.
  6.8 million people live alone in England. Do you feel lonely?
  I don't have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams.
  You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

  Bill Watterson

  Dream, Lonely, Reality

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• Eventually, as my books became best-sellers, the nickels pile up and one
  day I was offered a substantial four-book deal that was lucrative as any airliner hijacking in history. Though writing those four books was hard work, at least I didn't have to wear Kevlar body armor, carry heavy bandoliers of spare ammunition, or work with associates named Mad Dog.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Book, Hard Work

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