“I told you before, we’re the center,” she said. “And the center will hold.”
Richelle Mead (1976) American writer
Source: The Ruby Circle
Source: The Fiery Heart
“I told you before, we’re the center,” she said. “And the center will hold.”
Richelle Mead (1976) American writer
Source: The Ruby Circle
“Things fall apart;
the center cannot hold…”
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright
Source: The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“When the center does not hold, the circle falls apart.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
This is a paraphrase of lines in "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats.
Misattributed
John Barnes book Mother of Storms
Source: Mother of Storms (1994), p. 54
“I believe that China will successfully hold a simple, safe and wonderful Winter Olympic Games.”
Zoran Tegeltija (1961) Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source: Zoran Tegeltija (2021) cited in: " BiH official wishes Beijing Winter Olympics full success http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20211231/df0ec6b8d3774e88b2b4ae3838e72d5a/c.html" in Xinhuanet, 31 December 2021.
Bernard Goldberg (1945) American journalist
Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News (2001)
William Pfaff (1928–2015) American journalist
Source: Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends (1989), Chapter 2, The Challenge of Europe, p. 63.
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
Cordelia's Honor (1996), "Author's Afterword"