“We are but dust and shadow.”
Pulvis et umbra sumus.
Book IV, ode vii, line 16
Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC)
“What’s the Nephilim motto again?”
“ ‘We are dust and shadows,’ ” said Ty, not looking up from his book.
“Some of us are very handsome dust,” Jace added”
— Cassandra Clare, book Lord of Shadows
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