“Turn bad thoughts into concrete so you can build a strong foundation.” — Antonia Perdu Copy Share Image
The literary scene is a kind of Medusa’s raft, small and sinking, and one’s instinct when a newcomer tries to clamber aboard… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Beauty is that Medusa's head which men go armed to seek and sever, and dead will starve and sting forever. — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
“Every part of her was still except her hair, which blew round her face in the damp night like Medusa's serpentine locks… — Katherine Pine Copy Share Image
Applied Science is a conjuror, whose bottomless hat yields impartially the softest of Angora rabbits and the most petrifying of Medusas. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Athena's jealousy made a monster of fair Medusa. I often wonder what beauty my own demons have destroyed.” — Nichole McElhaney Copy Share Image
If a woman shows too often the Medusa's head, she must not be astonished if her lover is turned into stone. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Wouldn't the worst be, isn't the worst, in truth, that women aren't castrated, that they have only to stop listening to the… — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake's body so that she could pull herself with her hands… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The world hasn’t changed ever since, Even the Medusas now have to bear the wrath Of being beautiful, appealing or outspoken, The… — Neelam Saxena Chandra Copy Share Image
In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
“Crimes against women won’t stop! As women gain more independence (both in thought and in spirit), castration anxiety will act out and… — Mallika Nawal Copy Share Image
“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible… — Mike Carey & Peter Gross Copy Share Image
Poetry is perhaps this: an Atemwende, a turning of our breath. Who knows, perhaps poetry goes its way—the way of art—for the… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
“Although Medusa may be of use to modern feminists, providing an ancient locus for modern rage, it is important to see that… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
Let me explain: there are dragons, and then there are drakons. Drakons are several millennia older than dragons, andmuch larger. They look… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
To be sane, he held, was either to be sedated by melancholy or activated by hysteria, two responses which were 'always and… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“One of the talents of the [late] great Steve Jobs is that he [knew] how to design Medusa-like products. While every Macintosh… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Thus, there is an ambivalence here about the death-aspect of the Goddess. Clearly, she represents regeneration as well as death. Indeed, the… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“Similarly, Medusa (or Gorgon) was celebrated for her outstanding beauty. She was a daughter of the very wealthy king Phorcys whose large… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“Philologically, the name Medusa means the “ruling one.” But by the time of the earliest Greek texts which contain myth, those of… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
“When Medusa was killed, her powers were plundered. She was pregnant with her son Chrysaor and the winged horse Pegasus who were… — Joan Marler Copy Share Image
“Long before the Gorgon Medusa constellated within the archaic Greek world and was demonized as ugly and ultimately monstrous—with her tongue lolling… — Joan Marler Copy Share Image
“ In ancient times, the Gorgon Medusa lived on the far side of Oceanus in the land of Night. She was an… — Lynne Ewing Copy Share Image
“It is no surprise, then, that the earth deities of the Old Religion were demonized or co-opted. A typical task for Greek… — Joan Marler Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself. I dream of a hard… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Look, ladies, we've been over this. I don't even remember killing Medusa. I don't remember anything! Can't we just call a truce… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“He drew in a harsh breath before he whispered, "The love I have for you gives me breath and strength. you will… — Sasha Summers Copy Share Image
“personal well-being serves solely to excavate within your soul a chasm which waits to be filled by a landslide of dread, an… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“According to Greek mythology, Medusa is a Triple Goddess, one of three gorgon sisters—Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa—representing past, present, and future. Only… — Joan Marler Copy Share Image
You say I have the most wicked face of any woman. You say my hair is like the serpent locks of Medusa,… — Theda Bara Copy Share Image