David Elliott > Quotes

“I welcomed who I was and left behind who I was not.”
― David Elliott, Voices

“HELL is the numbing of the soul.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“It's interesting:
As a god I almost always find,
The more repressed the mortal,
The dirtier the mind."
-Poseidon”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Each decision that we make comes with a hidden price. We're never told what it is we may be asked to sacrifice.”
― David Elliott, Voices

“I keep repeating
that wherever there is life,
there is hope.
One day my fate will change.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“THESEUS FEE! FI! FO! FUM!
LOOK OUT, HORNHEAD!
HERE I COME!”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Asterion
Age 3

Mommy has a little calf.
Little calf.
Little calf.
Mommy has a little calf.
His nose is black as tar.

She calls her calf Asterion.
Asterion.
Asterion.
That's my name-Asterion.
I'm Ruler of the Stars.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Minos says I'm nothing more than Nothing.
Can Nothing take a form and call it me?
But nothing is ever what it seems.
Watch Nothing laugh.
See Nothing cry.

Hear Nothing scream.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“it seems to me that this kind of hero—privileged, self-assured, the perpetual heir to the kingdom, and not averse to violence—has been and continues to be lauded throughout history.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“What can I say?
Life’s no bed of roses
For a kid who’s different,
A kid with horns.
A bed of roses?
LMAO!”
― David Elliott, Bull

“You'll argue he was just
Putting into practice
The philosophy of eye for eye.
Say what you will.
I don't mind:
But now we know
Why Justice is blind.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Yeah, you're hard to respect
But easy to please.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“My, my! That does sound serious.
He’s almost delirious,
But let’s not give up yet.
The sun still hasn’t set
On this grim tale of grief.
Of course, as its chief Architect,
I know how it ends.
But this river has more bends
Before it flows into the sea.
So I’ll forgo my omnipotence
And keep you in the dark.
Oooooo! What suspense!
I just love being me!”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Every life is its own story-
not without a share of glory,
and not without a share of grief.
I lived like a hero at seventeen.
At nineteen, I die like a thief.”
― David Elliott, Voices

“But, golly gee, javelins are sharp! I shouldn’t harp on such things, But I hope there’s not an accident! You know, excrement does happen. Even to the sons of kings.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Faith isn't for the faint of heart.
Both courage and naïveté are required.
To grasp its art,
you must look the other way
when all the omens seem to say
you will nog get what you desire,
so, though it may be a cliché
I put my faith in fire.”
― David Elliott, Voices

“This guy's all ego.




BUT I'M ALL ID."

-Poseidon”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Minos says I'm nothing more than Nothing.
Can Nothing take a form and call it me?
But Nothing is ever what it seems.
Watch Nothing laugh.
See Nothing cry.

Hear Nothing scream.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“The boys are barely old enough
To grow a beard.
But here’s something interesting,
Maybe even a little weird.
One of those boys
Has volunteered!
You’re familiar with the type.
Good shoulders.
Good teeth.
Believes his own hype.
And now, just to add a little fun,
Some folks say
That he’s my son!
I guess it’s possible, you know.
I’ve had so many one-night stands,
So many whams and bams and thank-me-ma’ams,
I can’t keep track of every mademoiselle.
Plus, I’m not the type to kiss and tell.
Well, if I’m honest,
I’m not the type to kiss.
But truth is, his mother,
Aethra, was in a mess —
A sweet young thing, courted, prized.
Next thing you know she’s spermatized
By Aegeus, who is King of Athens.
Of course. None other.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“Who can
say why some arrive and then depart forgotten
while others fashion history?”
― David Elliott, Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc

“But I
have learned that life is more complex,
that the door between this world and
the next is sometimes left ajar,
and that each of us is more, far
more, than we are told we are.”
― David Elliott, Voices

“And the road is a villain
And the road is a friend
And the road is a story
No beginning no end”
― David Elliott, The Seventh Raven

“Faith isn't for the faint of heart.
Both Courage and naivete
are required. To grasp its art,
you must look the other way
when all the omens seem to say
you will not get what you desire,
so, though it may be cliche,
I put my faith in fire.

-Saint Margaret”
― David Elliott, Voices

“What is a woman?
Her brothers' sister, her father's daughter,
Her husband's wife, her children's mother”
― David Elliott, Voices

“The more repressed the mortal,
The dirtier the mind.”
― David Elliott, Bull

“And the road is a villain
And the road is a friend
And the road is a story
No beginning no end
And the road is a question
And the road is an answer
And the road will transform you
A sly necromancer
And the road is a melody
And the road is a howl
And the road is a paradox
A grin and a scowl
And the road will not tell
Where it's been where it leads
And the road is alive
It sings and it bleeds

Who takes the road
Can never return
For the road is a fire
All pilgrims will burn.”
― David Elliott, The Seventh Raven

“Though all I whisper in your ear is true, truth's not always evident or just; sometime's it's brutal as a fist.
You scratch your head. You wonder what to do.
You have no choice. You must persist.”
― David Elliott, The Seventh Raven

“There are many days I wonder - why me?
Why was I born into this family?
This body? This time? This land? This space?
Did nature play a joke or simply misplace
the instructions about who I was meant to be?”
― David Elliott, The Seventh Raven

“Even now when at the end, with nothing left to lose, I cannot identify what I could never choose.”
― David Elliott, Voices

“Some folks say
That he’s my son!
I guess it’s possible, you know.
I’ve had so many one-night stands,
So many whams and bams and thank-me-ma’ams,
I can’t keep track of every mademoiselle.
Plus, I’m not the type to kiss and tell.”
― David Elliott, Bull