#solomon

Some men may be unready for the coming of the genie who grants three wishes. ↗

— Toba Beta

#god #solomon #three-wishes #men

Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#attractiveness #city #designed #his #increase

The whole crazy business seemed to pull out of my guts the very worst in me—my worst fears—the worst aspects of my character—my worst insecurities and feelings of shame and guilt. I didn't know it at the time, but that was exactly what was supposed to be happening. That's what Solomonic magick is all about. The worst in me was my problem. The worst in me was the demon. When it finally dawned on me that I had successfully evoked the demon, and I had the worst of me trapped in that magick Triangle, I had no alternative but to harness and redirect its monstrous power and give it new marching orders. From then on, that particular demon would be working for me rather than against me. ↗

— Lon Milo DuQuette

#demons #goetia #magick #solomonic-magick #business

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#encountered #everything #had #his #parking

That wasn't your mom in you—that was your dad. ↗

— Ally Carter

#love

You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered," Mr. Solomon said. ↗

— Ally Carter

#cameron-morgan #gallagher-girls #joe-solomon #rachel-morgan #love

Truly the universe is full of ghosts, not sheeted churchyard spectres, but the inextinguishable elements of individual life, which having once been, can never die, though they blend and change, and change again for ever. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#change

If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days. ↗

— John Aubrey

#amongst #better #birth #counts #day

There is so little joy in any life, I will take this time with you until I must go." He smoothed a lock of hair from her face. "In our old age, we'll remember and be glad. ↗

— Barbara Samuel

#age

There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge. ↗

— Ally Carter

#faith #fear #greed #joe-solomon #love