Silk Road Route

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

    “All-destroying sword-blade still
    Carried by the wandering fool.
    Gold-sewn silk on the sword-blade,
    Beauty and fool together laid.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “O Russia! O my wife! Our long and narrow Road lies clear though distressed.
    Our road with an old Tatar freedom’s arrow Has deeply pierced our breast.”
    —Alexander Blok (1880–1921)

    “A Route of Evanescence
    With a revolving Wheel—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)