--- title: "4 Lightning Quotes By Janet Morris" description: "4 Lightning quotes by Janet Morris. Plus more from Janet Morris and more Lightning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/janet-morris-1935_blue_each-soul-has-its-appointed-doom-how-is_480914.png" --- > [Each soul has its appointed doom. How is it you dare to raise a mortal boy so high - high enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/each-soul-has-its-appointed-doom-how-is-it-you-dare-to-raise-a-mortal/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/janet-morris-1935_blue_each-soul-has-its-appointed-doom-how-is_480914.png) > [I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/i-can-start-the-rain-bring-thunder-bring-lightning-want-to-see/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/janet-morris-1935_i-can_i-can-start-the-rain-bring-thunder-bring_564967.png) > ["Mercy is not in favor in my heavens today," says Vashanka, unforgiving and combative, folding vast arms and spearing Harmony with lightning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/mercy-is-not-in-favor-in-my-heavens-today-says-vashanka-unforgiving/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/janet-morris-1935_arms_mercy-is-not-in-favor-in-my-heavens-toda_962844.png) > [And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/and-what-do-the-theban-hoplites-see-in-this-extended-rending-of-the/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/janet-morris-1935_band_and-what-do-the-theban-hoplites-see-in-t_2456999.jpg) ## Other authors on Lightning - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/rick-riordan/) - [Mark Twain 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-neruda-73079.jpg) Pablo Neruda 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/pablo-neruda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/terry-pratchett/) - [Salim Akil 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/salim-akil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-percy-bysshe-shelley-74544.jpg) Percy Bysshe Shelley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/percy-bysshe-shelley/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/jarod-kintz/) ## More by Janet Morris > [This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/this-is-as-alone-as-i-m-likely-to-get-with-you-you-re-not-half-so/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/i-survive-i-survived-it-all-then-and-i-ll-survive-the-rest-of-it/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [So some will be left who remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/so-some-will-be-left-who-remember/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Don't blame yourself, or worry. Neither does a bit of good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/don-t-blame-yourself-or-worry-neither-does-a-bit-of-good/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantasy-i-am-writing-in-what-i/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Painful things are quickly forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/painful-things-are-quickly-forgotten/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [It is upon each soul to recognize its limit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-is-upon-each-soul-to-recognize-its-limit/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/proof-of-war-when-it-comes-always-comes-too-late/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/loyalty-must-be-forged-to-him-to-his-stronger-than-iron-from/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Fury from the heavens; fury at the gods - inseparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/fury-from-the-heavens-fury-at-the-gods-inseparable/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Learn what can, and cannot, be asked from destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/learn-what-can-and-cannot-be-asked-from-destiny/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-s-all-right-things-as-they-once-were-will-never-be-again-but-it-s/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [For me, myth is the 'common' language of us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/for-me-myth-is-the-common-language-of-us-all/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [He loves the world so much. I agree it would be a shame to take that love away from meadow and tree, stream and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/he-loves-the-world-so-much-i-agree-it-would-be-a-shame-to-take-that/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Survival has its own etiquette.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/survival-has-its-own-etiquette/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/janet-morris/#itemlist", "name": "4 Lightning Quotes By Janet Morris", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each soul has its appointed doom. How is it you dare to raise a mortal boy so high - high enough to flout the gods? 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