The Odyssey and Iliad say things about the human condition in ways we should re-acquaint ourselves with, and use as a prism… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd. — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
It is amazing that 2001: A Space Odyssey has not aged at all, except for a few minor technical gadgets. The main… — Jan Harlan Copy Share Image
As a scholar who regularly surveys archival material, I think that, a century from now, cultural historians will find David Horowitz's spiritual… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
I was more worn out with the "Odyssey" than it was with the "Iliad." I mean, just comparing those two - you… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“The revelation that I’m destined to meet many virgins from the East and the promise of limitless love they hold in their… — Merlin Franco Copy Share Image
Lily white’s petals are at my feet anticipating the moment in which adventure and odyssey meet. — Delano Johnson Copy Share Image
Most of my acting has been for fantasy-based shows like 'A Korean Odyssey.' But for 'Vagabond,' it is totally different. — Lee Seung-gi Copy Share Image
In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“In a time of disorder [Laertes] has returned to the care of the earth, the foundation of life and hope. And Odysseus… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of 'old hat.' Of 'been there, done… — David Weber Copy Share Image
Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating. — Ryan O'Neal Copy Share Image
“You’ll never be fainthearted or a fool, Telémakhos, if you have your father’s spirit; he finished what he cared to say, and… — Fitzgerald translation Homer Copy Share Image
I call this my church house trilogy. Souls' Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
There are no moral or intellectual merits. Homer composed the Odyssey; if we postulate an infinite period of time, with infinite circumstances… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
That's what the American odyssey is really about: Leaving home. Leaving home and coming home, and trying to understand the difference. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
When I was nine, I started reading Homer. I would get up at four o'clock in the morning, before I had to… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
“I reread the Odyssey at that time, which I had first read in school and remembered as a story of a homecoming.But… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
