Unlike the ancients, modern man does not see Mother Earth as some kind of goddess like Gaia, the ancestral mother of all life in Greek mythology. He has de—mythicized her, reduced her to an object, a specimen, to be studied by scientists and exploited by corporations for profit.
Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You...
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Madeline Miller
I have done it, " she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. A C H I L L E S, it reads. And beside it, P A T R...
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Madeline Miller
Love cannot live where there is no trust.
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Edith Hamilton
Do you think we can be friends?” I asked. He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend.
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Priya Ardis
Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.” British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you.
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Priya Ardis
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I was driven to go into book writing by the very nature of journalism and blogging. Both are ephemeral. Journalists and bloggers can have humongous egos. But in the end, what they write is really a passing show. I wanted something more lasting – a...
A writer should be able to open a window or two for others to see the world and themselves in a new light. Anything less is just self—indulgence and intellectual masturbation.
A writer should be able to open a window or two and prompt others to see the world and themselves in a new light. Anything less is just self—indulgence and intellectual masturbation.
Unlike the ancients, modern man does not see Mother Earth as some kind of goddess like Gaia, the ancestral mother of all life in Greek mythology. He has de—mythicized her, reduced her to an object, a specimen, to be studied by scientists and exploited by...
