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> [“So that was it?” she demanded. “All that build-up to rescue a princess, and . . . that was it?” “Would you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mancour/so-that-was-it-she-demanded-all-that-build-up-to-rescue-a-princess/)

[Terry Mancour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mancour/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/terry-mancour-18695_thousand-miles_so-that-was-it-she-demanded-all-that-bui_461249.jpg)

> [“I spur my horse past the ruined city; the ruined city, that wakes the traveler's thoughts: ancient battlements, high and low; old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-shan/i-spur-my-horse-past-the-ruined-city-the-ruined-city-that-wakes-the/)

[Han-shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-shan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/han-shan-67794_ozymandias_i-spur-my-horse-past-the-ruined-city-the_731701.jpg)

> [“Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked ‘What knowest thou of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/once-through-this-ruined-city-did-i-pass-i-espied-a-lonely-bird-on-a/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/khushwant-singh-9061_delhi_once-through-this-ruined-city-did-i-pass_867136.jpg)

> [“I have become a gate To the ruined city, dry, / Indestructible by fire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-nemerov/i-have-become-a-gate-to-the-ruined-city-dry-indestructible-by-fire/)

[Howard Nemerov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-nemerov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/howard-nemerov-12728_fire_i-have-become-a-gate-to-the-ruined-city_2311791.jpg)

> [“Behind us lay Atlanta,” Sherman recalled in his memoirs as the army began to march, “smouldering and in ruins, the black smoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/behind-us-lay-atlanta-sherman-recalled-in-his-memoirs-as-the-army/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/anonymous-1_ruined-city_behind-us-lay-atlanta-sherman-recalled-i_2314711.jpg)

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