“Let me say what sorcery is not: it is not divine power, which comes with a thought and a blink. It must be made and worked, planned and searched out, dug up, dried, chopped and ground, cooked, spoken over, and sung. Even after all that, it can fail, as gods do not.”
― Circe
― Circe
“That is one thing gods and mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
― Circe
― Circe
“When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.”
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“The joining of humans and Djinni in marriage is still practiced in some parts of the world, and the Queen of Sheba was rumoured - by both the Jews and the Arabs - to be part Djinn.”
― Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe
― Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe
“Her heart raced with joy to sleep with War”
― The Odyssey by Homer
― The Odyssey by Homer
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