Death Quote by J. B. Jackson

It takes a lot of strength and patience for one to invest time and effort in rebuilding ruins. But it's another chance for rebirth.

— Frank Matobo

We live ruins amid ruins.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?

— Jean de La Fontaine

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

— Tadao Ando

Well, there is something beautiful about ruins. I mean, in one sense it's not that different from going to Rome and looking at the…

— David Maraniss

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing…

— Alfred Jarry

Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one.

— Rumi

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

We come from ruins, but we're not ruined,

— Marshall Berman

How can one build a better self unless on the ruins of the old?

— John Fowles

There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.

— E. O. Wilson