--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It all goes back and back,\" Tyrion…" description: "\"It all goes back and back,\" Tyrion thought, \"to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg" --- # It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our… ![“It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg) > “It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Human history repeats patterns; we are shaped by ancestors, and our actions will shape future generations, creating a cycle of influence. **In simple terms:** We inherit and pass on cultural legacies. Key Takeaway Act mindfully, knowing your impact on future generations. Themes history inheritance responsibility Mood thoughtful hopeful Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - family dynamics - cultural education - legacy building - social policy - personal reflection Key Concepts sociology intergenerational trauma Questions to Reflect On - How do you break harmful cycles? - What legacy do you want to leave? A Different Perspective Predicting future outcomes is uncertain; not all influences are intentional. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Dancing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dancing/) [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Fathers Theirs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers-theirs-1760160/) [Goes Tyrion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goes-tyrion-1760158/) [Mother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother/) [Mother and father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-and-father/) [One day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/one-day/) [Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/) [Puppets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/puppets/) [Storm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/storm/) [Strings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strings/) [Theirs Puppets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theirs-puppets-1760159/) [Those who came before us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/those-who-came-before-us/) [Tyrion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tyrion/) [Tyrion Thought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tyrion-thought-1569541/) ## Related quotes > [“I owe you nothing.” “You’ve given me less than that, all my life, but you’ll give me this. What did you do with Tysha?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-owe-you-nothing-you-ve-given-me-less-than-that-all-my-life-but-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“He caught the first man in the back of the knee before they even knew he was there, and the heavy axehead split flesh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/he-caught-the-first-man-in-the-back-of-the-knee-before-they-even-knew/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“The dwarf has risen from the dead, Tyrion thought. And look, he's uglier than ever, run tell your friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/the-dwarf-has-risen-from-the-dead-tyrion-thought-and-look-he-s-uglier/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“One of those was occupied by a dwarf. Clean-shaved and pink-cheeked, with a mop of chestnut hair, a heavy brow, and a squashed nose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/one-of-those-was-occupied-by-a-dwarf-clean-shaved-and-pink-cheeked/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [Don’t call me Lord Snow.” The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. “Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-call-me-lord-snow-the-dwarf-lifted-an-eyebrow-would-you-rather/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The Gods give with one hand and take with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-gods-give-with-one-hand-and-take-with-the-other/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/make-no-mistake-dwarf-i-fought-for-you-but-i-do-not-love-you-it-was/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/tyrion-let-the-eunuch-help-him-mount-lord-varys-he-said-from-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-is-it-that-when-one-man-builds-a-wall-the-next-man-immediately/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I beg you both, take heart.'(Varys) 'Whose?' asked Tyrion sourly. He could think of several tempting choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-beg-you-both-take-heart-varys-whose-asked-tyrion-sourly-he-could/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Little redcape," he snarled, "when next you bare steel on Shagga son of Dolf, I will chop off your manhood and roast it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/little-redcape-he-snarled-when-next-you-bare-steel-on-shagga-son-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-promised-him-vengeance-as-well-i-promised-him-justice-call-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sooner-would-be-better-than-later-and-now-would-be-better-than-sooner/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-of-your-northmen-hit-me-with-a-morningstar-during-the-battle-on/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-am-not-questioning-your-honor-i-am-denying-its-existence/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Children quotes > [I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-lusseyran/i-am-certain-that-children-always-know-more-than-they-are-able-to/) [Jacques Lusseyran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-lusseyran/) > [Behind every successful child is an adult who believed in him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/behind-every-successful-child-is-an-adult-who-believed-in-him/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) > [I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-defranco/i-believe-in-freedom-to-do-what-you-want-if-you-aren-t-hurting-others/) [Philip DeFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-defranco/) > [If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimple-kapadia/if-the-audience-likes-your-work-if-they-like-you-they-don-t-think/) [Dimple Kapadia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimple-kapadia/) > [It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hecht/it-doesnt-seem-to-me-strange-that-children-should-like-the-macabre/) [Anthony Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hecht/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janice-kaplan/gratitude-isn-t-just-a-feeling-it-s-an-action-expressing-gratitude-by/) [Janice Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janice-kaplan/) > [My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-chibnall/my-embarrassing-confession-is-that-my-father-is-a-camelot-the-musical/) [Chris Chibnall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-chibnall/) > [I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-cooper/i-have-many-who-keep-me-going-i-am-very-fortunate-in-this-sense-there/) [Floyd Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-cooper/) > [My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amala-akkineni/my-school-was-one-of-the-most-beautiful-places-a-child-can-grow-up-in/) [Amala Akkineni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amala-akkineni/) > [A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/a-lesser-complaint-hair-extensions-there-are-moments-on-all-my/) [Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/) > [As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/as-a-child-i-had-a-lot-of-older-gay-men-taking-care-of-me-there-s-a/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/if-my-child-had-prejudice-in-his-head-i-d-be-ashamed-i-would-see-it/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) > [“Children's lives are always beginning and adults' lives are always ending. Or is it the opposite? Your childhood is always ending and your adult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-espach/children-s-lives-are-always-beginning-and-adults-lives-are-always/) [Alison Espach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-espach/) > [As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-jones/as-a-child-i-was-very-involved-with-sports-and-i-knew-at-age-9-that-i/) [Marion Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-jones/) [Browse all 62,396 Children quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It all goes back and back,\" Tyrion thought, \"to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought-to-our-mothers-and-fathers/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Children" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought-to-our-mothers-and-fathers/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/anonymous-1_children_it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought_958935.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It all goes back and back,\" Tyrion thought, \"to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "It all goes back and back,\"...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought-to-our-mothers-and-fathers/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-all-goes-back-and-back-tyrion-thought-to-our-mothers-and-fathers/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```