“Whence arose all the horrid assassinations of whole nations of men, women, and infants, with which the Bible is filled; and the bloody persecutions, and tortures unto death, and religiosu wars, that since that time have laid Europe in blood and ashes; whence arose they, but from this impious thing called religion, and this monstrous belief that God has spoken to man?” MenWarWholeReligionBeliefNationsBloodEuropeFilledTortureAshesBloodyPersecutionInfantMen WomenMonstrousAssassination Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine
“There's that older poem of John Ashbery's-"America"-with the pun "I'm a wrecker," so wreckage and building out of the ashes of that. We're haunted by the genocide that is America, the decimation of so many native cultures. As a mix-blood European ancestry American, you're a nexus of all those violences, and yet there's a relative personal identity as well.” WellsAmericaCultureViolenceBloodIdentityBuildingNativeGenocideRelativeAshesAncestryPunWreckagePersonal IdentityNexus Author:Anne Waldman
“Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge was dangerous. It was the first thing that freed you and the thing that put you in peril. It was the key to the ten gates. I saw them clearly now, each and every one, the gates that were there for me. Ashes, Bones, Grass, Heart, Stone, Love, Sorrow, Blood, Earth, Sky.” PeopleWayFirstsHeartEarthSawsBloodSkyDangerousKeysSorrowTenStonesBonesGrassGatesQuestioningAshesPerilSorrow Love Author:Alice Hoffman
“Well Vin says that there's something behind all this, right? Some evil force of doom or whatever? Well, if I were said force of doom, then I certainly wouldn't have used my powers to turn the land black. It just lacks flair. Red. Now, that would be an interesting color. Think of the possibilities--if the ash were red, the rivers would run like blood. Black is so monotonous that you can forget about it, but red--you'd always be thinking, 'Why, look at that. That hill is red. That evil force of doom trying to destroy me certainly has style.” IfsThinkingTryingWellsLooksSaidWould BeRunningUsedTurnsEvilForceBlackForgetInterestingBehindsBloodLandStylePossibilityColorRedRiversHillsAshesDoomMonotonousFlair Book:Mistborn Trilogy Source: Mistborn Trilogy
“People always say it's harder to heal a wounded heart than a wounded body. Bullshit. It's exactly the opposite—a wounded body takes much longer to heal. A wounded heart is nothing but ashes of memories. But the body is everything. The body is blood and veins and cells and nerves. A wounded body is when, after leaving a man you’ve lived with for three years, you curl up on your side of the bed as if there’s still somebody beside you. That is a wounded body: a body that feels connected to someone who is no longer there.” PeopleIfsMenFeelsYearsHeartStillsBodyThreeSidesMemoriesBloodBedOppositesHarderLeavingConnectedHealCellsNervesThree YearsAshesBullshitWoundedVeinsYour SideCurlsBeside YouWounded Heart Author:Xiaolu Guo