#odyssey

The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story. ↗

— George Saintsbury

#iliad #indeed #magnificent #much #odyssey

I fancied my luck to be witnessing yet another full moon. True, I’d seen hundreds of full moons in my life, but they were not limitless. When one starts thinking of the full moon as a common sight that will come again to one’s eyes ad-infinitum, the value of life is diminished and life goes by uncherished. ‘This may be my last moon,’ I sighed, feeling a sudden sweep of sorrow; and went back to reading more of The Odyssey. ↗

— Roman Payne

#homer #life #moon #nature #poetry

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. ↗

— Homer

#greek-gods #life-lessons #the-odyssey #life

In a time of disorder [Laertes] has returned to the care of the earth, the foundation of life and hope. And Odysseus finds him in an act emblematic of the best and most responsible kind of agriculture: an old man caring for a young tree. (pg. 123, The Body and the Earth) ↗

— Wendell Berry

#earth #laertes #odysseus #odyssey #art

That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#now #odyssey #over #particular #rest

I think it was lucky that during most of the work on the Odyssey I lived on Homer's sea in houses that were, in one case, shaken by the impact of the Mediterranean winter storms on the rocks below. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#case #during #homer #houses #i

I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#get #i #i always #odyssey #out

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#after #because #being #dog #his

I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#beautiful #characters #fiction #fiction writers #i