I am nature. I am the mother of everything that has ever been or will ever be. I am all goddesses. And you know me, for I live inside you. I am in the part of you that feels magic when the wheat is harvested and cleansing wind separates
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The prologue is told from the perspective of Isis, Selene’s patron goddess. As Pharaoh of Egypt, Selene’s late mother, Cleopatra is considered the living embodiment of Isis. The figure of Isis represents many of themes in the story. She represents Selene’s Egyptian heritage and the power of her royal blood and female sexuality.
“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
― Mansfield Park
― Mansfield Park
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ”
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“For every thing that lives is Holy.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
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