P.57 When Dawn’s pink fingers peeped shyly on the eastern sky And politely plucked the eyelids of Telemachus, Odysseus’s son blinked sleep from his eyes, and Rose and quickly dressed, transferring the shoulder strap of his sharp sword across his broad chest, and p. 68 And as his voice lifted in prayer, Athene, now in … Continue reading The Odyssey – Homer
Title: The Sorrows of Young Werther Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Publishing date: 1774 This novel is one of my favorites. I read the highlights I saved from it again to write this post and unsuccessfully shortened 40 pages of saved highlights to 28 pages. Going through it, I fell in love with it once … Continue reading The Sorrows of Young Werther – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
p. 31 I SLEPT LATE and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators. I didn’t take in what I read, which didn’t matter since I knew it by heart and was reading merely to … Continue reading The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
P.22 “That would be no good,” said the wizard, “not without a mighty Warrior, even a Hero. I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands, and in this neighbourhood heroes are scarce, or simply not to be found. Swords in these parts are mostly blunt, and axes are … Continue reading The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again – J.R.R. Tolkien
"But ah, the end, the end of my emprise!" "The bitter ire, the wrathful woe Of Hera, queen of heaven—-" "And bid you hoard my words, inscribing them On memory's tablets." "A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave." "I cannot aid you without risk … Continue reading The Suppliant Maidens – Aeschylus
Universe of Dahee 