Descendant Quotes

“Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“If our future generations were much wilier than us,
then it might be them who have led us all this time,
to make decisions which fit to their pre-existence,
left us live in the world of uncertainty or by faith.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“It was my grandfather sense of defiance that ensured his descendants believed in their own abilities and talents”
― Basetsana Kumalo

“Wilier races had interbred with human race during immemorial.
Therefore no need to look for them on anywhere but in ourselves.”
― Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“Why do you care what happens to her? I thought we humans were vapors to you, here today and gone tomorrow.”
“Caspida is . . . different. She reminds me of someone, someone I’d give my life for if I could.”
“The queen?” he asks. “The one who died?”
“Roshana. My dear Ro.” My voice is soft as a ripple on the water. “She once ruled the Amulens, and Caspida is her descendant. She has Roshana’s strength of spirit, and I cannot look at her without thinking of my old friend. If she were to come to harm on my account . . . I could not bear that through the centuries.” I already carry a mountain of shame, a constant reminder of that day on Mount Tissia.
Aladdin lifts a hand and brushes the hair back from my face. “You truly are remarkable, Zahra of the Lamp.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“The descendant who does what is good.
His actions all emulate the past.
Do not consort with a rowdy.
It harms you when one hears of it.”
― Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

“Do not tell lies against your mother,
the magistrates abhor it.
The descendant who does what is good.
His actions all emulate the past.
Do not consort with a rowdy.
It harms you when one hears of it.
If you have eaten three loaves, drunk two jugs of beer, and the belly is not sated, restrain it!
When another eats, don't stand there, beware of rushing to the table!”
― Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

“This was the hand of the fairy who had brought the magic of perfume into our world. Into the Rosebourne bloodline.
To capture the scent of the violet flower, I read, gather the following...
Of course— of course. Setting aside magic, the allure of the Rosebourne perfumes for today's society came principally from William Rosebourne's vision of layered scents, the balance and interplay of musk and flowers and fruit achieved by no other perfumery. He'd understood, long before his peers, the experience of perfume also included the aesthetic of its vessel— that he could convey a story through it, make it desirable and collectible, rather than force his customers to buy their perfume in simple apothecary bottles and transfer them to flasks at home.
But what the House of Rosebourne had originally been known for was its ability to capture the scent of mute flowers. Those delicate lovelies like violets, lilacs, and lilies of the valley that either refused to give up their natural scents or were too delicate to go through the extraction process necessary to distill them into oil.
I'd always thought that, perhaps, the Rosebournes had used magic to extract those fragrances, but no— if this precise formulation was any indication, they did what other perfumers attempted to do: re-create the scent of one flower using a precise blend of others. Fascinating.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Immortal Rose