Quotes from Ventari the Centaur

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Quotes from Ventari the Centaur

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Location
Special Collections
(Hidden Arcana)
Type
Book
Interact
Yes
Destructible
No
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Interactive map (floor -13)

Quotes from Ventari the Centaur is a book found in the Durmand Priory's Special Collections during the Hidden Arcana chapter of the Echoes of the Past.

Location[edit]

Shiverpeak Mountains

Story involvement[edit]

Living World Season 2[edit]

Text[edit]

A first edition of the collected quotes of Ventari, the centaur beloved by many sylvari.
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"There was a time, once, when humans and centaurs lived in peace. But that was long, long ago. I'm afraid I will not live to see such a time come again to Tyria."
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"The outside world is a violent place, where the seeds of chaos are sown with innocent tears."
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"Centaurs are a proud race, fiery with passion... They would not see humans as equals. Against the odds, they fought. The humans rose to crush them. War consumed those lands...and my home with it."
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"Forging the path of serenity from the mind to the heart is more difficult than any battle fought with steel."
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"The only peace to be found is within the self."
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"This place is home... As bloodshed cast its shadow, we shelter beneath this place of solace, to live life as it was meant to be, in harmony and unity, regardless of race or caste. All are welcome."
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"...all of this began as a seed that Ronan gave me. He...fought the White Mantle who slaughtered my people. Those battles cost him his wife and daughter. In his grief, he threw down his weapon."
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"Perhaps he (Ronan) was looking for escape, or a place to die, to end his suffering. There he lay a broken man, and in that moment he found the seed that would become all of this."
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"Live life well and fully, and waste nothing. Do not fear difficulty. Hard ground makes stronger roots. The only lasting peace is the peace within your own soul."
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"All things have a right to grow. The blossom is brother to the weed."
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"Never leave a wrong to ripen into evil or sorrow. Act with wisdom, but act. From the smallest blade of grass to the largest mountain, where life goes—so, too, should you."
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