“We rode on the winds of the rising storm”
Robert Jordan The Dragon Reborn
Footer to the last chapter.
Crossroads of Twilight (7 January 2003)
Source: The Dragon Reborn
“We are sleeping on a volcano… A wind of revolution blows, the storm is on the horizon.”
Original text: Nous dormons sur un volcan… Ne voyez-vous pas que la terre commence à trembler. Le vent de la révolte souffle, la tempête est à l’horizon.
Speaking in the Chamber of Deputies just prior to to outbreak of revolution in Europe (1848).
1840s
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parva receptat aquas et eodem volvitur austro.
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Hove to the wind;
We're sailing the sea
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