Scrolls Quotes

“Most scrolls in the ancient world were between twenty and thirty feet long. Much longer and they were hard to handle. In fact, texts were written to accommodate this general standard of length, once again illustrating the inseparability of medium and message.”
― Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book

“Four scrolls hung on the east-facing wall, their edges slightly wrinkled with age. Her great-grandfather had spent years painting the scrolls. Each one portrayed a different season- spring, summer, autumn, and winter- in their family garden.
Mulan stopped in front of the scroll of spring, studying her ancestor's confident brushstrokes and the delicate cherry blossoms forever captured in midbloom. Her fingers crept up, skimming the painting from the top of the trees to the bright yellow carp swimming in the pond.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Reflection

“Magic in the form of Qur'anic numerology (in relation to letters), amulets, scrolls carried on the body, and the repetition of certain Names of Allah a specific number of times, is still widely practiced by some Sheikhs and women Sufi healers throughout Eastern Europe, the Middle and Near East.”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“The greatest teachers imbue fragments of their souls into their teachings.”
― Monaristw

“They both peered into the long, wooden box.
It was filled with ancient parchment scrolls, each tied with a ribbon. They exchanged a victorious look.
Rohan picked up the top scroll, but did not need to unfurl it to note the strange occult symbols, runes, and other Promethean markings. "This is it, all right."
"Unbelievable." Kate shook her head in amazed resentment that the Prometheans had had the audacity to put the dark, occult scribblings of a medieval sorcerer in this holy place.”
― Gaelen Foley, My Dangerous Duke

“We all face circumstances far beyond our ability to endure.
Do not worry. I will not bore you with a recitation of my sorrows. Not yet, at least. Today, I want to tell you about the afterward. Because beyond the valley of shadows and death, new life awaits. A fresh beginning has been set aside. An afterward.
I want to make you a promise. When you sink into valley after valley and your endurance is frayed, reduced to little more than the froth at the edge of the waves, even then, you can last.
You can endure, because God is preparing an afterward.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Palace Spy