#damned

All the demons of Hell formerly reigned as gods in previous cultures. No it's not fair, but one man's god is another man's devil. As each subsequent civilization became a dominant power, among its first acts was to depose and demonize whoever the previous culture had worshipped. The Jews attacked Belial, the god of the Babylonians. The Christians banished Pan and Loki anda Mars, the respective deities of the ancient Greeks and Celts and Romans. The Anglican British banned belief in the Australian aboriginal spirits known as the Mimi. Satan is depicted with cloven hooves because Pan had them, and he carries a pitchfork based on the trident carried by Neptune. As each deity was deposed, it was relegated to Hell. For gods so long accustomed to receiving tribute and loving attention, of course this status shift put them into a foul mood. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#demons #gods #love

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#come #damned #discouraged #encouraged #important

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#blind #braille #damned #fun #i

Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#damned #disciples #interesting #masters #matter

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#criticized #damned #feel #heart #you

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another! ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#always #another #anything #damned #foolish

We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? - Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel? ↗

— Baroness Orczy

#elusive #everywhere #heaven #hell #here

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights! ↗

— Warren G. Harding

#fight #floor #friends #goddamned #i

I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if I was older than Batman. ↗

— Frank Miller

#batman #damned #going #i #older

I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it. ↗

— Anne Rice

#anne-rice #lestat-de-lioncourt #queen-of-the-damned #beauty