Creatures Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

She seemed to belong to that pagan, primitive kingdom of birds and forests where everything was infinitely abundant, wild, blooming, and royal in its…

— Jerzy Kosinski

“She was truly one of the most ancient and wildest of creatures.”

— Thea Harrison

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“Her eyes, full of ancient, sacred wisdom. Her bones, deposits of inherited bravery. She is a proud descendant of strong, courageous women who went…

— Melody Lee

“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves…

— Homer

She’s special. We used to unleash her on ancient battlefields just to see soldiers chop their best friends into pieces before falling on their…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Wonderful, Annabeth thought. Her own mother, the most levelheaded Olympian, was reduced to a raving, vicious scatterbrain in a subway station. And, of all…

— Rick Riordan

“I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair. And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles,…

— Homer

We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery,…

— John Ruskin

“Then, recalling what he had said, she turned to him eagerly. “What’s my surprise?” Most Ancient turned and reached for something that was behind…

— Anonymous

“Behold Lucius I am come, thy weeping and prayers hath mooved mee to succour thee. I am she that is the naturall mother of…

— Lucius Apuleius

“Her antiquity in preceding and surviving succeeding tellurian generations: her nocturnal predominance: her satellitic dependence: her luminary reflection: her constancy under all her phases,…

— James Joyce