Tanks Quote by Mark Bowden

“because the Greeks existed among things and did not position the world in relation to themselves, they could not be subiectum. They did not…

— Barbara Bolt

“It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”

— Donna Tartt

“They wanted to be nouns, but they were, and eternally must be, mere adjectives.”

— C. S. Lewis

“they were, perhaps, so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them, and could survive…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“It wasn’t that they were all pretty, but they were all attractive; they’d obviously taken endless trouble over their appearance, playing up any good…

— Nicholas Monsarrat

“The Greeks have three words for love, and that night we knew them all.”

— Luna McNamara

“It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying…

— Donna Tartt

“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.”

— Cato

“I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.”

— Mary E. Pearson

“ugly little things aren't the?”

— Michael Crichton

“They were buffoons with barricaded eyes, their shoulders held in positions of immovable defense. Each position upon the great floor could be seen as…

— Frank Herbert

“For the Greeks, beauty is truth; for the Hebrews, truth is beauty.”

— Heinrich Heine