“A soldier will return as a hero either with a medal on his chest or a metal in his chest.”
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Suraj Sani 18
Nigerian writer, Spoken word artist 1996Related quotes
Source: Swords and Plowshares (1972), p. 110-111
Context: My days in Europe with the 101st were nearly at an end. I suddenly received orders relieving me from the Division and assigning me as Superintendent of West Point. On August 22 I took an emotion-laden leave of my troops in a division review at Auxerre. For all their hard-boiled reputation, generals can be terribly sentimental about their units and their men. Standing bareheaded at the foot of the reviewing stand, I received the last salute of these gallant soldiers, their ribbons and streamers recalling our battles together. They had put stars on my shoulders and medals on my chest. I owed my future to them, and I was grateful.
“The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.”
“I turned and bumped my head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface.”
Source: Magic Slays
“I looked him in the eye. “I will always love you.”
Then I plunged the stake into his chest.”
Variant: I look him in the eye. "I will always love you.
Source: Blood Promise
"Cigarette" ("Ta- bako") story, quoted in 三島由紀夫短編集: Seven Stories, translated by John Bester (2002), p. 110.
