{"quotes":[{"text":"And the One will take the Sword of the Western Sun and triumph over the enemy with boldness and insight. The arm of the One is steady and heads will roll. Snow Giants will battle.","author":"Barbara T. Cerny","tags":["1600s","amorgos","archery","armor","battle","bow-and-arrow","chateau-de-saint-germain-en-laye","class-difference","coming-of-age","cooper","cyclops","dryad","elf","elves","fairies","fairy","fantasy","france","greek-mythology","growing-up","halfling","hesit","historical","love","magic","mermaid","minotaur","peasant","portal","princess","prophesies","quest","redeemer","relationships","reluctant-hero","romance","satyr","savior","shield","smithy","sword-fighting","weaponry","zeus"],"id":4281,"author_id":"Barbara+T.+Cerny"},{"text":"I wouldn't be comfortable, but at least I'd have marginal protection against pointy steel objects that went stab in the night.","author":"Lisa Shearin","tags":["armor","comfort","humor","protection","stab"],"id":24781,"author_id":"Lisa+Shearin"},{"text":"ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.","author":"Ambrose Bierce","tags":["armor","blacksmith","clothing","humor","war"],"id":28214,"author_id":"Ambrose+Bierce"},{"text":"It’s amazing how just dressing differently can affect your influence; dress like a beggar and your assumed poverty gains you looks of contempt; dress in gold-lined robes and people are more willing to accommodate you; sport armour and you look strong, dutiful, and prepared.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["accomodation","appearance","armor","armour","beggar","clothes","contempt","dressing","influence","knight","poverty","respect"],"id":36989,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"By the second cycle of the solstice of the warm time, the One will face the enemy. And the One will unearth the Shield of the Northern Lights and smote the enemy with daring and intelligence. The heart of the One is pious and evil will cower. Couatl will rise.","author":"Barbara T. Cerny","tags":["1600s","amorgos","archery","armor","battle","bow-and-arrow","chateau-de-saint-germain-en-laye","class-difference","coming-of-age","cooper","cyclops","dryad","elf","elves","fairies","fairy","fantasy","france","greek-mythology","growing-up","halfling","hesit","historical","love","magic","mermaid","minotaur","peasant","portal","princess","prophesies","quest","redeemer","relationships","reluctant-hero","romance","satyr","savior","shield","smithy","sword-fighting","weaponry","zeus"],"id":57408,"author_id":"Barbara+T.+Cerny"},{"text":"My knight may not wear a coat of shining armor, but his code of glowing honor will never fail to protect us both from evils far worse than any fire-breathing dragon.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["armor","champion","defend","dragon","evils","guard","honor","knight","knight-in-shining-armor","protect","richelle","richelle-goodrich"],"id":59231,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"From long experience she knew that she wore her loneliness like armor. Very few people ever recognized it for what it was. To the casual observer it looked very much like arrogance. Sometimes it was.","author":"Nevada Barr","tags":["armor","arrogance","intelligence","loneliness"],"id":99356,"author_id":"Nevada+Barr"},{"text":"Poems are invisible flowers on my skin.","author":"Sanober Khan","tags":["armor","beauty-in-life","flowers","indian-","poems","poetry","poetry","skin","words","writers","writing"],"id":109296,"author_id":"Sanober+Khan"},{"text":"Sometimes he looked at her and thought, Gosh, I wonder what's underneath all that anger, all that hard glossy armor? Maybe there's just an innocent, wounded little girl in there who wants to come out and play and be loved and get happy. But now he wondered if maybe that little girl was long gone, or if she'd ever been there at all. What was under all that armor, all that anger? More anger, and more armor. Anger and armor, all the way down.","author":"Lev Grossman","tags":["adulthood","anger","armor"],"id":120635,"author_id":"Lev+Grossman"},{"text":"And the One will reveal the Bow of the Southern Star and conquer the enemy with courage and fine judgment. The sight of the One is true and the enemy cannot hide. Griffon will fly.","author":"Barbara T. Cerny","tags":["1600s","amorgos","archery","armor","battle","bow-and-arrow","chateau-de-saint-germain-en-laye","class-difference","coming-of-age","cooper","cyclops","dryad","elf","elves","fairies","fairy","fantasy","france","greek-mythology","growing-up","halfling","hesit","historical","love","magic","mermaid","minotaur","peasant","portal","princess","prophesies","quest","redeemer","relationships","reluctant-hero","romance","satyr","savior","shield","smithy","sword-fighting","weaponry","zeus"],"id":168719,"author_id":"Barbara+T.+Cerny"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}