“He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.”

Source: City of Lost Souls

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor." by Cassandra Clare?
Cassandra Clare photo
Cassandra Clare 2041
American author 1973

Related quotes

Cassandra Clare photo
Cassandra Clare photo
Felicia Hemans photo
Cassandra Clare photo
Poul Anderson photo
Bernard Cornwell photo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington photo

“Not at all. If I had lost the battle, they would have shot me.”

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) British soldier and statesman

Wellington's retort when he was asked if he felt honored at being feted as a hero by the people of Brussels after returning victorious from Waterloo, according to Sir John Keegan's chapter on Wellington in his book The Mask of Command

Henry Wotton photo

“How happy is he born and taught,
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armor is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill!”

Henry Wotton (1568–1639) English ambassador

The Character of a Happy Life (1614), stanza 1.

Gene Wolfe photo

“Those who have never fought suppose that the deserter who flies the field is consumed by shame. He is not, or he would not desert; with only trifling exceptions, battles are fought by cowards afraid to run.”

Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer

Source: Fiction, The Book of the New Sun (1980–1983), The Urth of the New Sun (1987), Chapter 16, "The Epitome" (p. 114)

Related topics