"The two stallions, the silver and the black,……" — Janet Morris
"The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine god (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what god to thank."
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197 Quotes by Janet Morris
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To take care of the world seemed, finally, a privilege rather than a burden. The Riddler had led them to…
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What would the world be without him, and those like him?
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Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm…
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Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough.
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Niko and his women will be the death of all the Stepsons yet.
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Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh…
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Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on.
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What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve…
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Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in…
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Tempus never left a problem for another to solve. Tempus never let the pain or difficulty of an undertaking persuade…
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Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.
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Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our…
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the…
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,…
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted…
— Annie Besant
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Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so…
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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