Ancient Silk Road

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:

“All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and ... you don’t win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

“Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall
She walks by the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens,
And she is dying piecemeal
of a sort of emotional anemia.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
—J.R.R. (John Ronald Revel)