# Quote — Poul Anderson, Vault of the Ages

> There was a huge sadness in it—the little men of today, gnawing apart the mighty works they no longer understood. In a few hundred years, or a few thousand, what did it matter? Nothing would be left, nothing but rubble and waving grass and the wild dogs howling where men had once lived.

- Author: [Poul Anderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson.md)
- Book: [Vault of the Ages](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/vault-of-the-ages.md)
- Page: 20
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson#Vault_of_the_Ages_(1952)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/vault-of-the-ages/there-was-a-huge

## More from this book

> A world of life and mystery, a world of splendor and striving and wistful beauty. Yes, it was good to live, and even if he was now to join the sun in an endless night, he was glad of what he had been given.

p. 149 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/vault-of-the-ages/a-world-of-life.md)

> “So this,” he said, “is the excitement and glory of war! I’ll never believe a ballad singer again.”

p. 74 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/vault-of-the-ages/so-this-he-said.md)

> “Peace,” he added, “is kept by the good will and strength of the peaceful.”

p. 160 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/vault-of-the-ages/peace-he-added.md)