"Whilst Adam slept Eve from his side arose Strange his first sleep would be his last repose."

Mythology, Sleep, Rest

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"I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta."Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Mythology, Truth, Happiness, Power, Regret

"Scorpions are quite ruthless, you know. That is why Artemis bid one of them to kill her foe Orion. And as a reward she set the scorpion on up in the sky. I'm not ruthless. I merely do whatever it takes to achive my goalsThat's not ruthless?"

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

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"What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?"

George R. R. Martin, American Author

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"Understanding as had the ancients that angels and demons were identical- interchangeable archetypes- all a matter of polarity: the guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer."

Dan Brown, American Author

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"The lovelorn came, too. The alone. The lunatics-they were brought here, sometimes. Got their name from the moon, it was only fair the moon had a chance to fix things."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"A geas was a contract with the goddess of Fate. Sometimes one was born indentured, other times it was bestowed upon one as a curse. Because if one did not fulfill the terms of one's geas, one died. It was old magic, the magic of the gods, spoken in the tongues of those who controlled the dragons-and it was supposed to be extinct."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

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"She's as old as the hills, evil as a snake, all malevolence and magic and death."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Mythology, Myth, Magic, Power, Evil

"In Muspell, at the edge of the flame, where the mist burns into light, where the land ends, stood Surtr, who existed before the gods. He stands there now...It is said that at Ragnarok, which is the end of the world, and only then, Surtr will leave his station. He will go forth from Muspell with his flaming sword and burn the world with fire, and one by one the gods will fall before him."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Mythology, End, Fire, Destruction

"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

Mythology, Grief, Time, Change

"I have had as many names as there are years to time itself! roared the monster. I am Herne the Hunter! I am Cernunnos! I am the eternal Green Man!"

Patrick Ness, American Author

Mythology, Identity, Myth, Self, History

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"I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta."Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird."

"Scorpions are quite ruthless, you know. That is why Artemis bid one of them to kill her foe Orion. And as a reward she set the scorpion on up in the sky. I'm not ruthless. I merely do whatever it takes to achive my goalsThat's not ruthless?"

"What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?"

"Understanding as had the ancients that angels and demons were identical- interchangeable archetypes- all a matter of polarity: the guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer."

"The lovelorn came, too. The alone. The lunatics-they were brought here, sometimes. Got their name from the moon, it was only fair the moon had a chance to fix things."

"She's as old as the hills, evil as a snake, all malevolence and magic and death."

"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."

"I have had as many names as there are years to time itself! roared the monster. I am Herne the Hunter! I am Cernunnos! I am the eternal Green Man!"

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"There are a hundred thousand useless words in the English language but they come in handy in college football yells."

"English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though."

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