54 Quotes About Old-things





  • Author Henry Kuttner
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    A long time ago I lived in Lisbon,' she said, in softly slurred Portuguese that made the name of the city Leesh-boa. 'But before that, meus neto, my tribe was in the mountains where there are only old things, like the trees and the rocks and the streams. There are truths to be learned from the old things -' She hesitated, and her brown, shrunken claw closed over Pete's hand. 'Do you know the truth, Pedrinho?'("Before I Wake...")

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  • Author Mandy Morton
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    On first glance the yard was piled high with scrap metal, but a closer inspection revealed it to be the place where new life was given to old things.

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  • Author Anthony Castillo
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    Old things are replaced by new ones but the only old ones that cant be replaced are the ones with something with our lives.

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  • Author Li He
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    I like to find old thingsand I picked up that arrowheadin tears, that broken pointthat buried itselfonce, in human fleshbut I traded it laterto a boy on horsebackin the southeast quarterwho begged me to have itand gave mea new bamboo basket

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