#mythology

Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden. ↗

— Selena Kitt

#destiny #disillusionment #doom #doomed #eden

In order to witness clearly the march of humanity from its inception to the present moment, an understanding of how humankind has held encounter with the divine as central is crucial. Ancient humanity provides us with an excellent laboratory for gaining such an understanding. ↗

— Roger D. Woodard

#history #humanity #humanity-and-society #mythology #religion

Charm me into giving you the red M&Ms. They’re my favorite.' I looked Hades in the eyes. 'Give me the red M&Ms.' 'Still not good enough.' 'Give me the damn M&Ms,"'I snapped. He snickered. 'That wasn’t very charming. ↗

— Kaitlin Bevis

#hades #m-ms #mythology #persephone #mythology

Believe reality is what you were taught was myth. ↗

— Nicholas A. McGirr

#myth #mythology #reality #mythology

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism. ↗

— Antoine Fuqua

#i #joseph #just #my own #mysticism

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on. ↗

— Anne Rice

#any #fascinated #get #hands #i

He’s so powerful. Who knows maybe he’s advanced past eating ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#greek-mythology #youth #beauty

The last declaration he'd made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

Psyche did not think the feeling running through her could exist, it was too powerful, too profound and pierced her soul in a way that was a beautiful agony. ↗

— Jasmine Dubroff

#greek-mythology #jasmine-dubroff #more-than-life #beauty