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| text = The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.
| text = The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.
| source = Old Cyan homepage
| source = Old Cyan homepage<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000815065339/http://www.cyan.com:80/ Cyan - Changing Our Worlds]", Cyan homepage, accessed November 15, 2020. Archived from [http://www.cyan.com/ the original] on August 15, 2000.</ref>
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| text = Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple.
| text = Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple.
| source = DRC Homepage<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20040615164618if_/http://drcsite.org/ To D'ni]", DRC Homepage, accessed October 11, 2020. Archived from [http://drcsite.org/ the original] on June 15, 2004.</ref>
| source = DRC Homepage<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20040615164618if_/http://drcsite.org/ To D'ni]", DRC Homepage, accessed October 11, 2020. Archived from [http://drcsite.org/ the original] on June 15, 2004.</ref>
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| text = Many Ages... infinite truths.
| source = [[Riven (2024)]]
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Latest revision as of 01:25, 23 July 2024

These proverbs have been sourced from a number of locations, including some that are no longer available.

Proverbs[edit | edit source]

Lose your questions and you will find your answers.

— Riven Manual

The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.

— Old Cyan homepage[1]

The rock is hard, the rock-biter is patient.

To live in the past is to die in the present.

— Atrus' personal journal[2]

A Tree falls; a page arises.
A scarab is captured; ink is released.
Life is taken; an Age is given.

— D'niGuild.com

A seedling does not attempt to replace a tree that went before it. It seeks only to grow.

— RAWA

The head is hard, the rock is harder

— D'niGuild.com

The branches of the Great Tree grow without end, yet the Maker knows them all.

— D'niGuild.com

Time teaches many things. It is the rock in which we bore.

— Book of Ti'ana (p14, hardback)

Between guessing and knowing is a long dark tunnel.

— Kahlis, The Book of Ti'ana

Gaining one's freedom is but the first step to achieving it.

Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple.

— DRC Homepage[3]

Many Ages... infinite truths.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Cyan - Changing Our Worlds", Cyan homepage, accessed November 15, 2020. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
  2. Atrus. Personal journal. Riven: The Sequel to Myst.
  3. "To D'ni", DRC Homepage, accessed October 11, 2020. Archived from the original on June 15, 2004.