“On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever.” WorldFirstsWellsForeverFireBloodChangedBrokenForgottenAncientNineSymbolsKneesDragonsTowersProphecyBentBannerReborn Author:Robert Jordan
“The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.” IfsMenWorldHeartLongMadeHandsCareFallForceBreakCuttingWifeMovementBrokenAngelWeightWingsAncientMisfortunesShieldsOaksMansionsWitheredGlareVicissitudesFamily ManCutting DownWidowers Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“I see a city in the desert lies The vanity of an ancient king But the city lies in broken pieces While the wind howls and the vultures sing” LyingCitiesPiecesWindBrokenKingsAncientVanityDesertHowlVultureBroken Pieces Author:Sting
“Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since time began. Of time before time, she says little, and in a language that no one has yet understood. Through time, her secret codes have gradually been broken. Her mud and lava is a message from the past. Of time to come, she says much, but who listens?” LittlesEarthPastLanguageSecretRecordsHappenedBrokenMessagesUnderstoodAncientCodeMudLava Book:Weight Source: Weight
“Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their hands outstretched. They had come down from the back mountains and higher places to hold forth their hands for something they thought civilization could offer, and they never dreamed the sadness and the poor broken delusion of it.” KnowsWayHandsWould BeEyeDarkPoorSadnessSeriousBrokenHigherCivilizationOffersMountainAncientInsaneBridgesWheelsBombsSomedayDelusionCracksStretchingDeanDenseHawks Author:Jack Kerouac
“Allowances can always be made for your friends to disagree with you. Disagreement, vehement disagreement, is healthy. Debate is impossible without it. Evil does not question itself, only hope questions itself. Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All laws can be broken and are. Often. Like when a bumblebee flies or an ancient regime is toppled.” IfsMenDoeMadeLawEvilSinAcceptingImpossiblePossibilityBrokenHealthyAncientDebateDisagreeRegimesMistakenDisagreementAllowanceInfallibilityVehementBumblebees Book:Between the Bridge and the River Source: Between the Bridge and the River