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title: "6 Thoth Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Thoth quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Thoth sayings and thoughts."
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> [Come on," I said. "I've got some questions for Thoth. And then I'm going to punch him in the beak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/come-on-i-said-i-ve-got-some-questions-for-thoth-and-then-i-m-going/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [“Profs who go to Knossos to look for books on Phobos or Kronos go on to jot down monophthongs ( kof or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-b-k/profs-who-go-to-knossos-to-look-for-books-on-phobos-or-kronos-go-on/)

[Christian Bök](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-b-k/)

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> [“Thoth was also the “tongue” of the Creator, and he at all times voiced the will of the great god, and spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-a-wallis-budge/thoth-was-also-the-tongue-of-the-creator-and-he-at-all-times-voiced/)

[E a Wallis Budge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-a-wallis-budge/)

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> [How do I defeat Apophis?” “I’m so glad you asked!” Thoth beamed at me with his multicolored eyes. “Unfortunately, I can’t tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/how-do-i-defeat-apophis-i-m-so-glad-you-asked-thoth-beamed-at-me-with/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [“This is the Scroll of Thoth. Herein are set down the magic words by which Isis raised Osiris from the dead. Oh!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-l-balderston/this-is-the-scroll-of-thoth-herein-are-set-down-the-magic-words-by-2/)

[John L. Balderston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-l-balderston/)

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> [“Coffined thoughts around me, in mummycases, embalmed in spice of words. Thoth, god of libraries, a birdgod, moonycrowned. And I heard the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/coffined-thoughts-around-me-in-mummycases-embalmed-in-spice-of-words/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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