Aravind Adiga quote: "It is an ancient and venerated custom of people in my country to start a story by praying to a Higher Power. "I guess, Your Excellency, that I too should start off by kissing some god's arse. "Which god's arse, though? There are so many choices. "See, the Muslims have one god. "The Christians have three gods. "And we Hindus have 36,000,004 divine arses to choose from."

Many who have learned
from Hesiod the countless names
of gods and monsters
never unde...
HERACLITUS

If we are related, we shall meet. It was a tradition of the ancient world, that no metamorphosis cou...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Accept the universe
As the gods gave it to you.
If the gods wanted to give you something e...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

If pharaoh’s gods exist, then the one God is indeed the winner, but monotheism evaporates.
HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN

Since ever the world was spinning
And till the world shall end
You've your man in the begi...
L.M. MONTGOMERY

i DO NOT WHY BUT i KEEP THINKING OF YOU, WHAT DID YOU EVER DO TO ME?

I have tried na nika...
HANIMOZ OBEY

I hate fighting with you,” he whispers.
“Well, stop being such an arse.”
He chuckles...
E.L. JAMES

Since Cleopatra died,
I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods
Detest my baseness.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I have never heard a lady say 'arse,'" the emperor said mildly.
"I haven't been a lady for long...
ALISON GOODMAN

Though thou loved her as thyself,
As a self of purer clay,
Tho' her parting dims the day,
S...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

I see murky visions of other gods and rival magic."
That REALLY didn't sound good.
"What d...
RICK RIORDAN

Such is the world
that I can no longer
bear to say prayers,
for I am sick
of...
ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE, 612 BC

In strange ways hard to know gods come to men.
Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled,
EDITH HAMILTON

Come, sir, come,
I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you, thus...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't eve...
JOANNE HARRIS

Oh God, I just kissed a vampire!"

Oh Gods, I just kissed a human!
SHERRILYN KENYON

[When asked by a student if he believes in any gods]

Oh, no. Absolutely not... The...
JAMES D. WATSON

So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being ki...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The padres set great store by addressing prayer to personal gods: 'Genuine prayer exists only in rel...
ERNST JüNGER

We're nothing but human.
The way of life can be free and beautiful.
But we have lost the w...
ANONYMOUS

my dear
all the way you drove me . thought it was me .
examples are too many .which one i...
LITYMUNSHI

The Waking

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I...
THEODORE ROETHKE

Venus of Eryx, from her mountain throne,
Saw Hades and clasped her swift-winged son, and said:<...
OVID

Looking for Your Face

From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your fac...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI

You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost
from the start,
I don't e...
RAINER MARIA RILKE

So the gods must mean something else,” said Jix.
“God, not gods!” insisted Johnnie.
...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN

Many think they are Gods and fall short each day.
Those that strive to be Human have a greater...
LEVON PETER POE

Whilst passing by the lane where the nests of concubines rested, I saw a little temple.
Somebod...
HIMMILICIOUS

Ni dieu ni maître!

(Neither God nor master)

[Feminist and labour slogan trans...
LOUIS-AUGUSTE BLANQUI

My name is Jasmine Lewis, and this is my story. It’s a cautionary tale about money, sex, and power...
TERESA LO

I thought he said you weren’t drunk if you could find your arse with both hands.”

He ...
DIANA GABALDON

This I think I have learned: where there is love, the form does not matter, and the gods are pleased...
MERCEDES LACKEY

I don’t have any fancy story,
about the way we fell in love.
It was that one awkward mov...
JASLEEN KAUR GUMBER

My story. I inherited it.”
“I think I’d rather inherit money than a story.”
“I h...
TIFFANY REISZ

In my errant life I roamed
To learn the secrets of women and men,
Of gods and dreams.
ROMAN PAYNE

Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many ...
THOMAS HARDY

Many Castles

On
My
Travels
i have been
A guest in
Many cast...
SILENT LOTUS

By the Valg, three were made,
Of the gate-Stone of the Wyrd:
Obsidian the gods forbade
SARAH J. MAAS

Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time wh...
H.L. MENCKEN

The stars are brilliant at this time of night
and I wander these streets like a ritual I don�...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON

Antony:
O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See
How I convey my shame out of thine eyes WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

it was the kind of moon
that I would want to
send back to my ancestors
and gift to m...
SANOBER KHAN

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughte...
EDMUND BURKE

The gods we prayed to when we were young used up their time so long ago. They cannot answer anymore....
NEIL GAIMAN

Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly.

...
PATRICK O'BRIAN

I want to know how long we have before he rises. If I cut off his head, will he stay down longer?”...
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN

God, may you need to tell him off and say FU?

This will allow to be empowered and take yo...
DARRYL STEWART

The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and...
WILLIAM BLAKE

Wrong?
So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
DEYTH BANGER

If I may I would like to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and give you a definition for each word. RED SKELTON

Corrival looked around. 'So is this it? Is everyone here? Erskine, maybe you should start the ball r...
DEREK LANDY

I love you, don’t I? And the gods know you are definitely not easy to deal with. (Aimee)
Than...
SHERRILYN KENYON

I don't mean to mock the gods,
but Freyja seems to me a bitch.
- Hjalti Skjeggjason
ROBERT FERGUSON

All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life ...
TERRY PRATCHETT

Oh, please.” Loki stepped back, examining me with a look of disappointment. “It’s only a matte...
RICK RIORDAN

What are the gifts given to we who live Below?"
"Long life, health, strength, and happiness." ALLY CONDIE

Amor"

So many days, oh so many days
seeing you so tangible and so close,
how do...
PABLO NERUDA

A Second Childhood.”

When all my days are ending
And I have no song to sing,
...
G.K. CHESTERTON

One should not inquire too closely where ancient legends about the gods are concerned; many things w...
ARRIAN

I'm told I have the body of a god."

"A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse hea...
SARAH REES BRENNAN

Of all things, only we
have power to choose that we should die;
nothing else is free
in ...
WILLIAM DEWITT SNODGRASS

I don't need you to take care of me."

"No, you need a kick up the arse.
ALEXIS HALL

I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN

HEARTWORK

Each day is born with a sunrise
and ends in a sunset, the same way we
SUZY KASSEM

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing, Eyes;
I wonder if It weighs like Mine,<...
EMILY DICKINSON

What’s going on?”
“Nothing.” She coughed, and released Talaith’s hand. “Except
G.A. AIKEN

LONG LIVE...

This country is but a wish of the spirit, a counter-sepulcher.
<...
RENé CHAR

I Choose Love...
No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love....
MAX LUCADO

The poet was a fool
who wanted no conflict
among us, gods
or people.
Harmony nee...
HERACLITUS

Linger now with me, thou Beauty,
On the sharp archaic shore.
Surely 'tis a wastrel's dut...
MERVYN PEAKE

The aching in my chest
isn't because I miss you,
it's realizing that you have
becom...
TANZY SAYADI

Divine Love is the key to all of existence.
Without it, nothing can survive. Every one of us i...
C.MICHELLE GONZALEZ

THOMAS
Guilty
Of mankind. I have perpetrated human nature.
My father and...
CHRISTOPHER FRY

Were you there?”
She shook her head. “No. I was here in Nain having a
child.”
�...
FRANCINE RIVERS

Tell me something. Do you believe in God?'

Snow darted an apprehensive glance in my direc...
STANISłAW LEM

Ego Tripping

I was born in the congo
I walked to the fertile crescent and bui...
NIKKI GIOVANNI

Are you suggesting that the gods have trouble acting together, young lady?" Dionysus asked.
RICK RIORDAN

If you want to heal a broken heart,
Be smart! That's all an ancient art.
Start by loving t...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES

We only betray ourselves. No one is betrayed except by himself. One way to betray yourself is to try...
MACDONALD HARRIS

I'm lonely,
Yes! I'm so lonely.
I'm Just a sad tear that came out of the depths of pain....
EYDEN I.

Most people write me off when they see me.
They do not know my story.
They say I am just a...
IDOWU KOYENIKAN

The god of Delos, proud in victory,
Saw Cupid draw his bow's taut arc, and said:
'Mischiev...
OVID

I choose to love you in silence…
For in silence I find no rejection,

I choose to l...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI

Cyrano: I can see him there---he grins---
He is looking at my nose---that skeleton
---What...
EDMOND ROSTAND

The Awakening

I dreamed that I was a rose
That grew beside a lonely way,
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

My child, I know you're not a child
But I still see you running wild
Between those floweri...
ANTONIA MICHAELIS

REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS

Before you were born,
And were still too tiny for
The h...
SUZY KASSEM

Wisdom comes through suffering.
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as...
AESCHYLUS

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth,
Neither mortal or immortal,
So that with ...
GIOVANNI PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA

Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're ...
GEORGE HARRISON

I?
I walk alone;
The midnight street
Spins itself from under my feet;
My eyes sh...
SYLVIA PLATH

I did it the hard way (a poem)
___________________

Many of the big dreams I dreamt,<...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR

This is one hell of a suicide note.

THE SUICIDE SOLILOQUY-
Yes! I've resolved the de...
SETH GRAHAME-SMITH

Though we might have precious little
It's still precious

I like that song about this...
RUSH

If we have never sought, we seek Thee now;
Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars; EDWARD SHILLITO

You can stick your questions up your ass.”
He slammed his tail in front of her. “I don’t ...
G.A. AIKEN

Very

dangerous… much like kisses from those who walk among the gods. Intoxicating, swee...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

Lonny finishes his drink and stands. “So what’s our plan?”

“You don’t have to g...
ASHLEY POSTON

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big w...
SOPHOCLES

Aravind Adiga

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