Destruction Quote by D. H. Lawrence

Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of…

— Xenophanes

Homer, God didn't set your house on fire.

— Ned Flanders

Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather.…

— Robert Fitzgerald

The Wrath of Achilles had probably been an epic subject for generations when Homer found it, and the germ of its meaning, the conflict…

— Cedric H Whitman

“But Homer's words are as costly and admirable to Homer, as Agamemnon's victories are to Agamemnon”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,' Chiron said. 'And perhaps it is a greater grief, after all, to be left…

— Madeline Miller

“For to be human is not enough...when gods cry war amidst the thunder.”

— Alan Moore

Modern American politicians have the same cowardice about denying an equally bloodthirsty even sillier god, Jehovah. None of us would seriously consider the possibility…

— Bertrand Russell

Soon,” said the crackling voice of the flame, coming from behind him, “they will fall. Soon they will fall and the star people will…

— Neil Gaiman

“O Divine Poesy, goddess, daughter of Zeus, sustain for me this song of the various-minded man who, after he had plundered the innermost citadel…

— Steven Pressfield

“Gods?” said Xeno. “We don’t bother with gods. Huh. Relics of an outmoded belief system, gods.” There was a rumble of thunder from the…

— Terry Pratchett

“If, as Heraclitus suggests, god, like an oracle, neither "declares nor hides, but sets forth by signs," then clearly I had better be scrying…

— Annie Dillard