Accounts Quote by Henry David Thoreau

It is an ancient story Yet is it ever new.

— Heinrich Heine

Different cultural and geological references inspire the collection as seen in ancient tribes and tradition,

— Lubov Azria

“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the Neolithic: the fertility of the soil, the magic…

— Gary Snyder

“The earliest evidence that has been found of complex societies comes from Mesopotamia – modern-day Iraq and Syria – in around 3500 BC.”

— Christopher Lascelles

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

— Alan Rickman

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.

— Pete Townshend

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

— Ridley Scott

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation…

— Jean M. Auel

I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died.

— L. Ron Hubbard

I'm not an historian but I can get interested-obsessively interested-with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent…

— Penelope Lively

“Saints and mystics, revelations, origin myths, and heroes' journeys, as well as ethical and spiritual guidelines, speak to us from ancient times and far-flung…

— Sandra Harner

“For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation…

— Carl Sagan