Classics Quote by Homer Download Open image ““You, you insolent brazen bitch—you really dare to shake that monstrous spear in Father’s face?”” — Homer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Classics Family Greece Insult Parenting
“Harsh words pierce like a spear and they destroy the inner being.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“If I were an enemy, and I started bearing down on you like this," he draws his sword, stretches the tip towards me, takes… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“You may be some fearsome creature, but I'm her daddy. You hurt her, there aren't enough stone walls to keep me away from you… — Danielle Monsch Copy Share Image
“The fear of discovering his anger towards his father made his body shake.” — Shani Mootoo Copy Share Image
“Her parents exchanged an odd glance. Her mother’s lips curved. “Yes, I imagine that he possesses a rather large cannon,” she said, spearing her… — Meljean Brook Copy Share Image
“Bleed him and I'll skewer you like a stuck pig," I said through clenched teeth. "No, you will try. You'll wave your sword around… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“Did you see the way he glared at me? It wasn’t with daggers, Cait, it was fists. That fine piece of man-meat has staked… — Abby Niles Copy Share Image
“You are an irritating son of a bitch.” “Ah, ma petite, how can I resist you when you whisper such sweet endearments to me?” — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“...he was a scream wrapped up in straw, a little, weak, vicious thing gnashing inside a monstrous facade...” — Robert R. McCammon Copy Share Image
“The rabid ferocity of his reaction had confirmed Mother’s warnings, but I didn’t yet comprehend the depth of the revulsion that I inspired or… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Dad scowls. "Phen." He says the name like it's a swear word. "Disgusting, cowardly creatures, the ambivalent. Worse than the fallen, in many ways."… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“You are my son, then, I'll tell you' and your mother was a wicked slut to leave you in ignorance of the sort of… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. — Homer Copy Share Image
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years… — Homer Copy Share Image
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer Copy Share Image
“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves… — Homer Copy Share Image
Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for… — Homer Copy Share Image
“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take… — Homer Copy Share Image
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. — Homer Copy Share Image
“So it is that in our world hopes are thwarted at every turn and the people's lot is always pain.” — Royall Tyler Copy Share Image
Professors of classics - not even a professor of English - professors of classics, they're something sacred; it's almost like being a priest. — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
“You don't know what your life is, nor what you're doing, nor who you are.” — Euripides Copy Share Image
I like a lot of movies. I like all types of genres. I like the classics - comedy, action. — Danny Green Copy Share Image
“Poirot, watching him, felt suddenly a doubt--an uncomfortable twinge. Was there, here, something that he had missed? Some richness of the spirit? Sadness crept… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
“Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.' 'You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.' 'Before which Dorian?… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave her hand… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I can trace my interest in modern classics to the summer before art college. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image