4 Quotes About Shrapnel

The word shrapnel is an archaic word meaning “small shot” or “small fragments.” Shrapnel is a type of explosive used in artillery shells, bombs and torpedoes. The term has also been used in the 20th century to describe small explosive devices, such as anti-personnel mines, and in the 21st century it is sometimes used to refer to fragmentation grenades. Shrapnel was originally known as ball shot, and was used by archery and crossbowmen. It was also called “flea shot” because it was small enough to fit into flea bags for protection against small animals.

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His friends told him that nobody was interested in his goddam soul unless it was the priest and he managed to answer that no priest taking orders from no pope was going to tamper with his soul. They told him he didn't have any soul and left for the brothel. He took a long time to believe them because he wanted to believe them. All he wanted was to believe them and get rid of it once and for all, and he saw opportunity here to get rid of it without corruption, to be converted to nothing instead of to evil. The army sent him halfway around the world and forgot him. He was wounded and they remembered him long enough to take the shrapnel out of his chest - they said they took it out but they never showed it to him and he felt it still in there, rusted, and poisoning him - and then they sent him to another desert and forgot him again. He had all the time he could want to study his soul in and assure himself that it was not there. When he was thoroughly convinced, he saw that this was something that he had always known. Flannery OConnor
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Harsh, bitter laughs exploded from her like shrapnel, and she didn’t care who was cut in the process. Katherine McIntyre
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We carry secrets under our skin like shrapnel. Our surface wounds heal, but the damage festers underneath while we worry what tiny pieces will work their way to the surface for the world to see. Stephanie Lawton