#gods

Suddenly Damask found herself staring down at the flowers through a dazzle of tears. The words sounded so innocent and so disarming - she remembered that she hadn't wanted to come through the beautiful woods at all; and there was no danger, nothing wrong except the wickedness of her own heart. She looked at Danny's big, brown, work-scarred hands gently gathering the flowers and her love for him was a physical pain. Oh, how she loved him; how she wished that he would ask her to marry him!" Norah Lofts ↗

— Norah Lofts

#flowers #love #pagan-gods #beauty

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease. ↗

— N.K. Jemisin

#gods #hubris #humanity #cruelty

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well. ↗

— Walter M. Miller Jr.

#gods #love #power #wisdom #love

Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste? ↗

— Harlan Ellison

#liberation #sex #sexuality #shame #love

El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#love #love

Some days life just wasn't worth the trouble of chewing through the leather straps on the straitjacket. ↗

— Katie Maxwell

#humor #humor

I don't have to look for love, because I am love. ↗

— Euphoria Godsent

#completeness #confidence #empowerment #euphoria-godsent #fulfillment

Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible. ↗

— Janet E. Morris

#gods #mythology #mythology

We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#atheism #belief #beliefs #god #gods

I'm telling you, you really should stick to mating within your species, whatever that is." "I would," I said, "but unfortunately, there are no gorgeous, all-powerful, all-knowing gods around here. I'd even settle for a demigod. It's a step down, I know. But alas, there are nothing but low-brained mortals here. And half-brains, like you. ↗

— Kristin Walker

#humor #sarcasm #humor