--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: This world is to be passed through…" description: "\"“This world is to be passed through, shieldmaiden. It is a waypoint on the journey. We meet our family on the way, but we are always only traveling her..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg" --- # This world is to be passed through, shieldmaiden. It is a… ![“This world is to be passed through, shieldmaiden. It is a waypoint on the journey. We meet our family on the way, but we are always only traveling here. It is beyond this world that we will know peace and eternity. Only there will our family be complete.” She” quote by Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg) > ““This world is to be passed through, shieldmaiden. It is a waypoint on the journey. We meet our family on the way, but we are always only traveling here. It is beyond this world that we will know peace and eternity. Only there will our family be complete.”   She”” [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Life is a transient journey; true peace and family completeness lie beyond this world. **In simple terms:** Life is temporary; ultimate peace is elsewhere. Key Takeaway Seek meaning beyond material existence. Themes spirituality transience family Mood contemplative melancholic Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - grief coping - spiritual seeking - philosophical contemplation Key Concepts afterlife purpose journey Questions to Reflect On - What does “peace” mean to you now? - How do you honor family while living in the present? A Different Perspective Assumes an afterlife without evidence. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journey/) [Meet Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meet-family-425760/) [Passed Shieldmaiden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/passed-shieldmaiden-2072492/) [Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/) [Traveling World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/traveling-world/) [World Passed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-passed-1187874/) ## Related quotes > [“People from all over the world have passed through this village, son," said his father. "They come in search of new things, but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-from-all-over-the-world-have-passed-through-this-village-son/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [In New York, if you spend a few hours doing nothing, you feel like the whole world passed you by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-polachek/in-new-york-if-you-spend-a-few-hours-doing-nothing-you-feel-like-the/) [Caroline Polachek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-polachek/) > [“People from all over the world have passed through this village. They come in search of new things, but when they leave, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-from-all-over-the-world-have-passed-through-this-village-they/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“For three days he has pursued me," she said, "through this horrible world. How I have passed through in safety I cannot guess, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-rice-burroughs/for-three-days-he-has-pursued-me-she-said-through-this-horrible-world/) [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-rice-burroughs/) > [Yeah, some things in this world might have passed me by and I might have missed a chance or two but you wont find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yeah-some-things-in-this-world-might-have-passed-me-by-and-i-might/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/on-the-other-hand-when-you-grow-up-you-will-discover-that-some-of-the/) [Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/) > [“Whatever has gone on in the outer world has passed me by. But I think if anyone said to me, 'if you go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/whatever-has-gone-on-in-the-outer-world-has-passed-me-by-but-i-think/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [“It seemed everything that had ever lived and died in this world had passed through here, had left its indelible imprint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ockler/it-seemed-everything-that-had-ever-lived-and-died-in-this-world-had/) [Sarah Ockler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ockler/) > [“So where’s your house at?” I ask, swinging our hands between us. “I want to properly Google Maps creeper-stalk you before agreeing to meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-zappia/so-where-s-your-house-at-i-ask-swinging-our-hands-between-us-i-want/) [Francesca Zappia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-zappia/) > [We met in April of 2000, and we weren't really an official couple until June or July. His family has a fishing trip they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mullally/we-met-in-april-of-2000-and-we-weren-t-really-an-official-couple/) [Megan Mullally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mullally/) > [“I can’t believe you gave me twenty minutes notice to meet your family! I could kill you right now!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-mcguire/i-can-t-believe-you-gave-me-twenty-minutes-notice-to-meet-your-family/) [Jamie McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-mcguire/) > [“-Are you nervous to meet my family? -No, not really.They're either going to like me or they won't. All I can do is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-chance/are-you-nervous-to-meet-my-family-no-not-really-they-re-either-going/) [Jacob Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-chance/) > [On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-holder/on-a-personal-level-i-ve-seen-a-lot-in-my-time-as-attorney-general/) [Eric Holder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-holder/) > [Like the guy I was dating. White, liberal, educated. I went to meet his family and I think that they probably didn't know they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanaa-lathan/like-the-guy-i-was-dating-white-liberal-educated-i-went-to-meet-his/) [Sanaa Lathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanaa-lathan/) > [“Another night then,' Mom said. 'Maybe on the weekend we can have a barbecue and invite your sister.' 'Or,' I said turning to Rafe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/another-night-then-mom-said-maybe-on-the-weekend-we-can-have-a/) [Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/) ## More by Susan Fanetti > [“Do one’s best. Be true to one’s truth. Love as fully as one can. Understand that anything else is chaos and try to navigate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/do-one-s-best-be-true-to-one-s-truth-love-as-fully-as-one-can/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“Wrong, asshole. Your body makes you male. Your brain and your heart—big and strong as ever—they make you a man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/wrong-asshole-your-body-makes-you-male-your-brain-and-your-heart-big/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“You show me how much you don’t know. He is more than a man. He is a monster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/you-show-me-how-much-you-don-t-know-he-is-more-than-a-man-he-is-a/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“Right now, after all that. Being with a biker was not always what one might call an empowering experience for a woman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/right-now-after-all-that-being-with-a-biker-was-not-always-what-one/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“Their love was not for sharing. Their world could have a little part of them, but the rest of them, the heart of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/their-love-was-not-for-sharing-their-world-could-have-a-little-part/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“I love you, Sport. I want to put my ring on you. I want to put my ink on you. I want to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/i-love-you-sport-i-want-to-put-my-ring-on-you-i-want-to-put-my-ink-on/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“No, baby, please. Make a baby with me. Fuck, make a baby with me. I need it. I need you. I need a baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/no-baby-please-make-a-baby-with-me-fuck-make-a-baby-with-me-i-need-it/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“You’re the future of the club. I’m the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/you-re-the-future-of-the-club-i-m-the-past/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“Mo, had a word she used that Gunner had always liked: gobsmacked. This girl seemed like someone had come over and smacked her gob.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/mo-had-a-word-she-used-that-gunner-had-always-liked-gobsmacked-this/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“That is bravery, Nora—to act despite your fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/that-is-bravery-nora-to-act-despite-your-fear/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“You look at me like you see something.” He drew his thumbs over her cheekbones and felt the swell as she smiled. “I do.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/you-look-at-me-like-you-see-something-he-drew-his-thumbs-over-her/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“You are my somewhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/you-are-my-somewhere/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“Save the condemnation for later.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/save-the-condemnation-for-later/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“I thought I was strong. But now I don’t feel it. I must feel it in myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/i-thought-i-was-strong-but-now-i-don-t-feel-it-i-must-feel-it-in/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) > [“I want to put my ink on you. I want to make a baby with you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/i-want-to-put-my-ink-on-you-i-want-to-make-a-baby-with-you/) [Susan Fanetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) [Explore all 48 Susan Fanetti quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/) ## More Family quotes > [I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joaquin-phoenix/i-was-3-years-old-to-this-day-it-is-a-vivid-memory-my-family-and-i/) [Joaquin Phoenix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joaquin-phoenix/) > [One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/one-can-put-some-trust-in-the-gratitude-of-a-sovereign-and-also-in/) [Otto von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/) > [Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/social-responsibility-above-the-level-of-family-or-at-most-of-tribe/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) > [“ever day Maureen is Selfish To her friend and Family One she get mad at her friend and family and She need to Grad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-andeson/ever-day-maureen-is-selfish-to-her-friend-and-family-one-she-get-mad/) [Maureen Andeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-andeson/) > [Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-bannister/our-concept-of-a-family-holiday-was-going-to-a-guest-house-in-the/) [Roger Bannister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-bannister/) > [“So Jace is my actual family," Kit said. "But I can't go live with him, because him and his hot girlfriend are going off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/so-jace-is-my-actual-family-kit-said-but-i-can-t-go-live-with-him/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) > [I have friends and family that identify as LGBTQ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mace/i-have-friends-and-family-that-identify-as-lgbtq/) [Nancy Mace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-mace/) > [Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/her-dignity-consists-in-being-unknown-to-the-world-her-glory-is-in/) [Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/) > [It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cooper/it-s-not-just-that-families-can-t-buy-a-home-or-start-a-business/) [Jim Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cooper/) > [“She knew how to play him so very well. He slipped his hand around hers. "Friends," he repeated roughly. Her smile was bright enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-smith/she-knew-how-to-play-him-so-very-well-he-slipped-his-hand-around-hers/) [Kathryn Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-smith/) > [As a family, we all loved the Flyers. To me, rooting for the Flyers were how I bonded with my dad especially.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-f-goldberg/as-a-family-we-all-loved-the-flyers-to-me-rooting-for-the-flyers-were/) [Adam F. Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-f-goldberg/) > [The people have always been family to me here in Las Vegas. The people have always been very, very kind to me, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-cunningham/the-people-have-always-been-family-to-me-here-in-las-vegas-the-people/) [Randall Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-cunningham/) > [“Your relationship with your brother will be, in many ways, the most complex and bewildering of all the interpersonal connections you will form. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-currie-jr/your-relationship-with-your-brother-will-be-in-many-ways-the-most/) [Ron Currie Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-currie-jr/) > [I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-ve-long-believed-one-of-the-mainsprings-of-our-own-liberty-has-been/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Family over friends, because real friends are family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/family-over-friends-because-real-friends-are-family/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Browse all 36,913 Family quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This world is to be passed through, shieldmaiden. It is a waypoint on the journey. We meet our family on the way, but we are always only traveling here. It is beyond this world that we will know peace and eternity. Only there will our family be complete.”   She”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan Fanetti" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shieldmaiden-it-is-a-waypoint-on/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Family" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shieldmaiden-it-is-a-waypoint-on/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/susan-fanetti-13906_family_this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shiel_996309.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This world is to be passed through, shieldmaiden. It is a waypoint on the journey. We meet our family on the…” — Susan Fanetti", "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": "Susan Fanetti", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fanetti/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“This world is to be passed...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shieldmaiden-it-is-a-waypoint-on/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fanetti/this-world-is-to-be-passed-through-shieldmaiden-it-is-a-waypoint-on/#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 } } ] } ```