Men and women Quote by Robert Jordan
““The palace still shook occasionally as the earth rumbled in memory, groaned as if it would deny what had happened. Bars of sunlight cast through rents in the walls made motes of dust glitter where they yet hung in the air. Scorch-marks marred the walls, the floors, the ceilings. Broad black smears crossed the blistered paints and gilt of once-bright murals, soot overlaying crumbling friezes of men and animals which seemed to have attempted to walk before the madness grew quiet. The dead lay everywhere, men and women and children, struck down in attempted flight by the lightnings that had flashed down every corridor, or seized by the fires that had stalked them, or sunken into stone of the palace, the stones””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Wheel of Time, 1990s
The ruined palace reflects the devastation of war, with death and destruction everywhere.
In simple terms: War leaves ruin and death.
Key Takeaway
Remember war’s true cost.
Themes
war
destruction
memory
Mood
somber
reflective
Type
historical
literary
When to use this quote
- historical study
- peace advocacy
- memorial design
Key Concepts
human suffering
historical trauma
Questions to Reflect On
- How does remembering devastation prevent future wars?
- What role does architecture play in collective memory?
A Different Perspective
Rebuilding may erase past lessons.
