A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom Quotes

“Some day we may build towers taller than the eye can see, fly through the sky on wings, even live among the stars. But I know this much; the things that surround us may change, but our emotions will always remain the same. A man who loses his beloved wife a thousand years ago suffered the same grief that I felt when I lost mine, no more no less...Love does not change, anger never varies. Hope, desperation, fear, longing, desire, lust, anxiety, confusion and joy; you and I endure these emotions just as men and women always have or ever will.”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“Don’t we all hope for some form of immortality? We might not be able to breathe forever but there are other ways to stay alive.”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“Which was ridiculous, as I was German, had never left my homeland, and jokes were not my specialty.”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“mallard’s orphan”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“I’m a simple man.” “That’s what everyone with ambition says,”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“This is a Bible, you blasphemous cretin,” he said, his face now growing even redder than before. “This is the word of the Lord.” “If you say so,” I replied, rolling my eyes. “He only had one book in him, though, didn’t he? Couldn’t write another?”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“Throughout the entire experience, I was fortunate not to succumb to the plague myself. Indeed, I never displayed a single symptom of the disease and told myself in private moments that perhaps I was stronger than anyone believed, stronger even than the Emperor’s son himself. And although a man can never know what the gods have in store for him, my immunity to the epidemic suggested to me once again that I was destined for a long life, one filled with incident, and this pleased me, for there was much that I wanted to achieve before laying down my burden.”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“The gods would never allow such a perverse outcome, would they? I am divine. My place is on the mountaintop with Jupiter, Mars and Apollo.”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom

“The dyes that I used in my dressmaking were composed from various ingredients, depending on the colour required, but almost all required nightshade, sapphire, keese wing, the leaves of the silent princess plant, Octorok eyeball, swift violet, thistle and hightail lizard. In addition, for the red I had used for Abrila's dress, I employed spicy pepper, the tail of the red lizalfos and four Hylian shrooms.”
― John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom