A list of D'ni Quotes.
"The head is hard - the rock is harder, but not by much."
-D'ni Proverb
"...But my mission was an honourable one."
-Gehn, Son of Aitrus
"The rock is hard; the rock dweller patient."
-D'ni Proverb
"A seabird calls.
The unknowing one stands at the rail.
Peace. The circle closed.
The last word written."
-From the Korokh Jimah:
VV. 13245-46
"Rivers of fire. Even the rocks burn.
An island rises fromn the sea.
Dark magic in an errant phrase.
The people bow to the lord of error."
-From the Ejemah'Terak.
Book seven. VV. 328-31
"A burrowing worm blinks in the sunlight
and pulls his eyes down over his eyes.
Earth's mouth steams. Deep voices grumble.
Time draws a jagged line upon the sand
in which the woman waits."
-From the Korokh Jimah.
VV. 21660-64
"Inner and outer meet in a face on a page.
Deep lines and ancient eyes. Mirrored.
The door is open. The stranger comes.
Black flies the cloud behind the newcomer."
-Extract from Gehn's notebook.
Attributed to Gerad'Jenah (undated)
"Torn pages curl and brown.
The flames fly up.
In the flickering light a cry.
Who will lift the fallen stones?
Who will link the broken chain?"
-From the Korokh Jimah.
VV. 11383-86
"Discordant time. The smallest of
enemies un-mans them all.
Hidden within the hidden.
A breath and then darkness."
-From the Korokh Jimah.
VV. 4302-3
"The creak of cart wheels
in the silent dark.
Dead men fall between the worlds.
A time of great sorrowing."
-From the Urakh'Nidar. VV. 87-89
"Descending the great ladder of time. We see
four faces. The faces of four women.
Aged and dead the first two are.
The third. A dreamer. The last. A teacher.
-From The Visions of Jo'Irimah.
Canto 157
"He who numbers but does not name:
it is he who heralds the coming tragedy.
His footprints lay about the muddied pool."
-From the Ejemah'Terak.
Book four. VV. 3111-14
"Flowers in the desert. The child's eyes
opened wide.
A thousand million stars dance
in the dark mirror of the pool."
-From an untitled Terahnee scroll of
ancient origin.
"There was hidden beauty in the rock. Locked deep within the earth were caverns of such delicate, shimmering beauty, that to step into them, was a joy beyond all measuring."
-From The Book of Ti'ana
"K'veer... Two miles across the lake and there it is, the island rising up like a huge, black corkscrew from the glowing lake, it's once crisp outline softened by recent rockfall... The ancient rooms are dark and empty. All, that is, but one, at the very foot of the island, down beneath the surface of the lake. There, deep in the rock, lies the oldest room of them all, a chamber of marbled pillars and cold stone, sealed off by an angry father to teach his son a lesson."
-From The Book of D'ni
"Between guessing and knowing is a long, dark tunnel."
-Kahlis
"...gaining one's freedom is but the first step to acheiving it."
-Gat
"Time teaches many things. It is the rock in which we bore."
-Tejara
"...sheeps brain is supposed to be especially nutritious."
-Amanjira
