Ancestral Spirits

Famous quotes containing the words ancestral and/or spirits:

“And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)

“‘But they are dead; those two are dead!
Their spirits are in heaven!’
‘Twas throwing words away; for still
The little maid would have her will,
And said, ‘Nay, we are seven!’”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)