--- title: "7 Medieval Quotes By Ned Hayes" description: "7 Medieval quotes by Ned Hayes. Plus more from Ned Hayes and more Medieval sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/ned-hayes-25391_historical_under-the-sanctuary-are-the-catacombs-wh_1461160.jpg" --- > [“Under the sanctuary are the catacombs where the dead wait for resurrection. The living do not venture there. The caverns here underneath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/under-the-sanctuary-are-the-catacombs-where-the-dead-wait-for/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/ned-hayes-25391_historical_under-the-sanctuary-are-the-catacombs-wh_1461160.jpg) > [“Rooks have clustered on either side of the long road. It is as if they line a grand parade route for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/rooks-have-clustered-on-either-side-of-the-long-road-it-is-as-if-they/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/ned-hayes-25391_historical_rooks-have-clustered-on-either-side-of-t_1558611.jpg) > [“I must learn to be as the bear in a cage with the stick that pokes it always, through the bars. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/i-must-learn-to-be-as-the-bear-in-a-cage-with-the-stick-that-pokes-it/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/ned-hayes-25391_inner-peace_i-must-learn-to-be-as-the-bear-in-a-cage_1671208.jpg) > [“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to the cries of little birds before the light comes across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/april-comes-to-us-with-her-showers-sweet-i-wake-to-the-cries-of/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/ned-hayes-25391_medieval_april-comes-to-us-with-her-showers-sweet_1902786.jpg) > [“I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The tides of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/i-remember-the-fire-it-burns-bright-always-around-me-i-close-my-eyes/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/ned-hayes-25391_fire_i-remember-the-fire-it-burns-bright-alwa_2333088.jpg) > [“In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding through the frantic beating in my breast. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/in-the-end-i-listen-to-my-fear-it-keeps-me-awake-resounding-through/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/ned-hayes-25391_christian_in-the-end-i-listen-to-my-fear-it-keeps_2955165.jpg) > [“Stars flicker above, points of bright ice in a dark river. I pull a heavy sheepskin around my legs and stretch my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/stars-flicker-above-points-of-bright-ice-in-a-dark-river-i-pull-a/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/ned-hayes-25391_historical_stars-flicker-above-points-of-bright-ice_3148721.jpg) ## Other authors on Medieval - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medieval/donald-trump/) - [Stefan Emunds 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medieval/stefan-emunds/) - [Mark Noce 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medieval/mark-noce/) ## More by Ned Hayes > [“Fog lifts in the valley, rising as mist through the bare-limbed trees. Far below lies the deeping combe with our village in the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/fog-lifts-in-the-valley-rising-as-mist-through-the-bare-limbed-trees/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“Time moves on, and with it all flesh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/time-moves-on-and-with-it-all-flesh/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“If the global temperature rises by only four degrees Celsius over the next fifty years—and it’s probably going to do that—then all of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/if-the-global-temperature-rises-by-only-four-degrees-celsius-over-the/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“London town is a great and stinking warren. The smokes of many fires creep around our ankles and our cart, and a stench rises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/london-town-is-a-great-and-stinking-warren-the-smokes-of-many-fires/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“I do not like the orangeness; it erases every tree, every branch, every leaf.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/i-do-not-like-the-orangeness-it-erases-every-tree-every-branch-every/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“Under the sanctuary are the catacombs where the dead wait for resurrection. The living do not venture there. The caverns here underneath the Sanctuary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/under-the-sanctuary-are-the-catacombs-where-the-dead-wait-for/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“Rooks have clustered on either side of the long road. It is as if they line a grand parade route for our passage. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/rooks-have-clustered-on-either-side-of-the-long-road-it-is-as-if-they/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“Speech does not always unravel matters. Words can betray you, their labyrinthine threads tangled in knots, for we were cursed at that great tower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/speech-does-not-always-unravel-matters-words-can-betray-you-their/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“I must learn to be as the bear in a cage with the stick that pokes it always, through the bars. The bear acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/i-must-learn-to-be-as-the-bear-in-a-cage-with-the-stick-that-pokes-it/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to the cries of little birds before the light comes across the heath. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/april-comes-to-us-with-her-showers-sweet-i-wake-to-the-cries-of/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“The nitrogen cycle is a kind of miracle. The nitrogen cycle requires bears. Brown bears catch salmon in streams and rivers. Then the brown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/the-nitrogen-cycle-is-a-kind-of-miracle-the-nitrogen-cycle-requires/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“Any story is an ocean whose tide begins in a place I can't know, and my life is but a moment in that flood,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/any-story-is-an-ocean-whose-tide-begins-in-a-place-i-can-t-know-and/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The tides of the past seize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/i-remember-the-fire-it-burns-bright-always-around-me-i-close-my-eyes/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“The road is a river of ice, slick and unforgiving. A harsh sweep of white iron, smooth as glass and cold enough to freeze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/the-road-is-a-river-of-ice-slick-and-unforgiving-a-harsh-sweep-of/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) > [“Every night, I slip into the empty winter land of memory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-hayes/every-night-i-slip-into-the-empty-winter-land-of-memory/) [Ned Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-hayes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medieval/ned-hayes/#itemlist", "name": "7 Medieval Quotes By Ned Hayes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Under the sanctuary are the catacombs where the dead wait for resurrection. The living do not venture there. The caverns here underneath the Sanctuary are illuminated only by dim shafts of light from the sanctuary. 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