Ancient Gods Quotes

“Once, men and women were able to turn themselves into eagles and fly immense distances. They communed with rivers and mountains and received wisdom from them. They felt the turning of the stars inside their own minds.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“I hear you're a conspiracy nut. Well, this is the conspiracy, kid. It ain't ancient gods an' aliens an' coded shit on the dollar bill. It ain't even a secret, it's somthin' ordinary folks do for a livin' every day of the week. It's business.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul

“Many hidden truths are often unobserved, not invisible.”
― Matthew A. Petti, Alpha to Omega: Journey to the End of Time

“Something inside me answered. My skin prickled. My fingers ached like they’d been plunged into icy water. My mouth tasted of salt and silt and something ancient.”
― Nella Raine, Veins of Power: Coldswood Institute

“Having drawn a speck of time from the divine granary of eternity, they allowed her to say farewell.”
― Saul Prizer, Silent Legacy

“the great ones are everywhere. The Sky, the Earth, the Sun and Moon – we shall never be beyond their sight. The rivers shall always be the tributaries of the one river, Aysana the Great Mother.”
― Tamara Rendell, Lahana

“Honouring the eternal Sky, which holds the life-awakening Sun and the psychic-awakening Moon. Honouring the Earth – Mother of our flesh – and our sacred role as keeper and carer of such complex fabric of life.”
― Tamara Rendell, Lahana

“a gathering of women and men linking hands in a circle. The full, bright circle of the Moon rising bone-white above them.
The group lifted their joined hands to the sky, reaching for the Moon. “O Lady of the Mirror and the Scythe. She who walks the paths both seen and unseen – finding that which is known, that which is yet to be known.”
In unison, they turned to face the eastern horizon. “O Lady of the Sun,” they called. May you nourish us within your warmth, nourish the valley and the forest. We praise you now, as you shine on your sister Moon: retrieving her from her wanderings into the world of the unborn and of the dead.”
― Tamara Rendell, Lahana

“Such visions,” she said, “will always be tested. For this is the order of the most Ancient Ones who shape our destiny awaiting the day that we stand by their side as equals.”
“I find myself far from that day,” Sha’han said with an effort at lightness.
“Oh,” mused the Oracle, returning his smile with the greater ease. “It is not far from them to cherish and love that which is a treasure to us. It is only the fear and the anger that drags us away into the shadowed lands. We have to accept that heartache is the twin of love and that it is a good thing, in its own way – for it too reveals the greatness of our connections.”
― Tamara Rendell, Lahana