"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."

Mythology, Order, Chaos, Love, Myth

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"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."

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"While the Gods are powerful, we learn little about them. It is only in their day of decadence that a strong light beats into heaven."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Mythology, Power, Light, Myth, Knowledge

"The 'Elves' are 'immortal', at least as far as this world goes: and hence are concerned rather with the griefs and burdens of deathlessness in time and change, than with death."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Gaea? Leo shook his head. "Isn't that Mother Nature? She's supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry."Leo, that's Snow White, Piper said."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Eve left Adam to meet the Devil in private."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

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"Instead of the birds of the sky and beast of the field, the gods were more than men because Man needed them to be, for what could the world be if Man were the best of all creatures?"

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Mythology, Man, Power, Humanity

"On the day the Gjallerhorn is blown, it will wake the gods, no matter where they are, no matter how deeply they sleep.Heimdall will blow Gjallerhorn only once, at the end of all things, Ragnarok."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Mythology, Earth, Nature, Disaster, Humor

"The tragedy of Dionysus: Wear a black robe at night, and white you'll wear by morning; but wear a purple robe to the midnight feast, and when you wake you'll dress in black to mourn your soul deceased."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Mythology, Tragedy, Excess, Despair, Soul

"Fairy tales are not real. However, myths are the historical notes of those who were much wiser than ourselves. We therefore have no right to judge legends; lest we dare challenge demigods and angels."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

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Explore more quotes by George Eliot

"Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder."

Life

"Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return."

Love

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."

Peace

"Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet."

Death

"What makes life dreary is the want of a motive."

Life

"A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe."

Happiness

"We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves."

God

"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress."

Progress

"The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief."

Trust

"Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life."

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