789 Quotes About Mythology

When sober people look up, they see nothing but clouds and stars.

Fairest of the deathless gods.This idea the Greeks had of him is best summed up not by a poet, but by a philosopher,Plato: "Love—Eros—makes his home in men's hearts, but not in every heart, for wherethere is hardness he departs. His greatest glory is that he cannot do wrong nor allow it;force never comes near him. For all men serve of him their own free will. And he whomLove touches not walks in darkness.

They were working hard at their own myth.

Be at peace all of you, for hunger has a whip, and he will drive the strange away in the night.

Let us imagine the reaction of humankind’s future historians and anthropologists. With the benefit of perspective, will they look back on our religious beliefs and categorize them as the mythologies of an unenlightened time? Will they look at our gods as we look at Zeus? Will they collect our sacred scriptures and banish them to that dusty bookshelf of history?

But gods are born of ichor and nectar, their excellences already bursting from their fingertips. So they find their fame by proving what they can mar: destroying cities, starting wars, breeding plagues and monsters. All that smoke and savor rising so delicately from our altars. It leaves only ash behind.

Poets are not to blame for how things are.

I am caught. You caught me. Not the other way around. From the very first day. And from the very first day, I would have done anything for you—except let you go. I couldn’t. Not when deep down, I knew we were meant to be like this. To love like this.

I thought you of all people would understand.” “Understand what? Being an idiot?” That seems to surprise him enough to add something new to his countenance. A trace of humor softens the stark lines of his face. “No.” A wry smile just barely curves his lips. “Maybe.” “I am an expert idiot,” I say. “I practice all the time.