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Ruins Quotes (page 15)

Behold Vo Mimbre," Mandorallen proclaimed with pride, "queen of cities. Upon that rock the tide of Angarak crashed and recoiled and crashed again. Upon this field met they their ruin. The soul and pride of Arendia doth reside within that fortress and the power of the Dark One may not prevail against it."We've been here before, Mendorallen," Mister Wolf said sourly. David Eddings
The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful - and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behavior towards the undeserving of the opposite sex. Jane Austen
Voltaire quote: "I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and..."
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one. Voltaire
I come from the South and I know what war is, for I have seen its terrible wreckage and ruin. It is easy for me as President to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill who now clamor for it. It is some poor farmer's boy, or the son of some poor widow - who will have to do the fighting and dying. Woodrow Wilson
Charles Bukowski quote: "each man's hell is in a different place: mine is just up and..."
each man's hell is in a different place: mine is just up and behindmy ruined face. Charles Bukowski
Forest, I fear you! In my ruined heart your roaring wakens the same agony as in cathedrals when the organ moans and from the depths I hear that I am damned. Charles Baudelaire
Gustave Flaubert quote: "She loved the sea only for its storms, and greenery only when..."
She loved the sea only for its storms, and greenery only when it was scattered among ruins. Gustave Flaubert
I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our story until death comes and the body decays... Carmen Laforet
Now he realized the truth: that sacrifice was no purchase of freedom. It was like a great elective office, it was like an inheritance of power - to certain people at certain times an essential luxury, carrying with it not a guarantee but a responsibility, not a security but an infinite risk. Its very momentum might drag him down to ruin - the passing of the emotional wave that made it possible might leave the one who made it high and dry forever on an island of despair...Sacrifice by its very... F. Scott Fitzgerald
This will do," said he, "and from this letter, which might have ruined me, I will make my fortune. Now to the work I have in hand." And after having assured himself that the prisoner was gone, the deputy procureur hastened to the house of his betrothed. Alexander Dumas
Since your father has escaped my justice, it is you who must hear my words." "Words. You keep saying..." "Because that was the gift your father gave to me. And the curse that ruined me as well, changed my life to wretched misery. There are hours yet before the guard comes - nay, eons. An eternity, in fact. This is my time, Miranda. Now you will have your words back: before I kill you, you will hear my tale... and you will know what you have done. Tad Williams
I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there was nothing left to talk about. He wasn't confused. He didn't need questions answered. He didn't ask why or how or with whom or whether I thought maybe it might just be a phase. He didn't ask who knew and who didn't know or whether I thought it might ruin my career. I was his sister and he didn't care whether I was straight or gay; it simply didn't matter to him. Portia de Rossi
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight..."
Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Bruce Sterling quote: "The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century’s frontier."
The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century’s frontier. Bruce Sterling
Michael Chabon quote: "No; he could be ruined again and again by hope, but he would..."
No; he could be ruined again and again by hope, but he would never be capable of belief. Michael Chabon

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