Hermes QUOTES

1 " It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the internet-" " You invented the internet?" , Martha said., George said." It was my idea!" Hermes said. " I mean the internet, not the rats. But that's not the point. "

2 " Hermes smiled. " I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really." Hermes ignored them. " One night, when this boy's mother wasn't watching, he sneaked out of their cave and stole some cattle that belonged to Apollo." " Did he get blasted to tiny pieces?" I asked." Hmm ... no. Actually, everything turned out quite well. To make up for his theft, the boy gave Apollo an instrument he'd invented-a lyre. Apollo was so enchanted with the music that he forgot all about being angry." So what's the moral?" " The moral?" Hermes asked. " Goodness, you act like it's a fable. It's a true story. Does truth have a moral?" " Um ..." " How about this: stealing is not always bad?" " I don't think my mom would like that moral." , suggested George. Martha demanded.." I've got it," Hermes said. " Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. How's that? "

3 " After the satyrs filed in to dinner, the Hermes cabin brought up the rear. They were always the biggest cabin. Last summer it had been led by Luke, the guy who fought with Thalia and Annabeth on top of Half-Blood Hill. For a while, before Poseidon had claimed me, I'd lodged in the Hermes cabin. Luke had befriended me...and then he'd tried to kill me. "

― Rick Riordan

4 " I am less to you than your ivory Hermes or your silver Faun. You will like them always. How long will you like me? Till I have my first wrinkle, I suppose. I know, now, that when one loses one's good looks, whatever they may be, one loses everything. Your picture has taught me that. Lord Henry Wotton is perfectly right. Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray

5 " This does not escape my notice, it is a context. I resent the fact of a context; my social status has shifted and no one is going to acknowldege it, that´s certain. I´m expected to be Brave and Rise Above. I dress for the role; I must look far better now that I did when I was married. I must look pulled together into a nice tight Hermès knot of self-containment. I don´t make the rules; I just do my best to follow them. "

― Suzanne Finnamore , Split: A Memoir of Divorce

6 " What’s the best part of being in Hermes cabin?
Connor: You are never lonely. I mean seriously, new kids are always coming in. So you always have someone to talk to.
Travis: Or prank.
Connor: Or pickpocket. One big happy family. "

― Rick Riordan , The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4.5)

7 " The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame. "

― Kohta Hirano , Hellsing, Vol. 1 (Hellsing, #1)

8 " Lull me to sleep, ye winds, whose fitful sound
Seems from some faint Aeolian harp-string caught;
Seal up the hundred wakeful eyes of thought
As Hermes with his lyre in sleep profound
The hundred wakeful eyes of Argus bound;
For I am weary, and am overwrought
With too much toil, with too much care distraught,
And with the iron crown of anguish crowned.
Lay thy soft hand upon my brow and cheek,
O peaceful Sleep! until from pain released
I breathe again uninterrupted breath!
Ah, with what subtile meaning did the Greek
Call thee the lesser mystery at the feast
Whereof the greater mystery is death! "

― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

9 " Ex ‘Fleet man?”
“He was a full Commander, last I heard, sir.”
“Interesting.” Falconer commented. “Get me his specs. If I have to take him aboard my ship, I want to know all about him.”
She swallowed. “Yes sir.”
Falconer returned his attention to Nordyke.
“What’s their location?”
“They’re about a week outside the Hermes system, Captain.”
“Helm, set a course – best possible speed!”
“Um – sir, we’re on conversion drive at the moment.” The helmsman reported.
“I know, Linson – d’you think I’m senile?”
“No, sir – I…” The young helmsman stammered.
“I did say ‘best possible speed’, didn’t I?”
“Yes, sir. "

― Christina Engela , Blachart

10 " Hermes's eyes twinkled. " Martha, may I have the first package, please?" Martha opened her mouth ... and kept opening it until it was as wide as my arm. She belched out a stainless steel canister-an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top. The sides of the thermos were enameled with red and yellow Ancient Greek scenes-a hero killing a lion; a hero lifting up Cerberus, the three-headed dog." That's Hercules," I said. " But how-" " Never question a gift," Hermes chided. " This is a collector's item from Hercules Busts Heads. The first season." " Hercules Busts Heads?" " Great show." Hermes sighed. " Back before Hephaestus-TV was all reality programming. Of course, the thermos would be worth much more if I had the whole lunch box- "

11 " You cruel, hard-hearted gods!” I flung the goblet in his direction. Hermes barely had time to dart out of its way before it hit the wall and shattered to small pieces. “You’re all the same! Hsst! Jealous! Vindictive! That’s what you are! You allow yourselves to take pleasure with any mortal you wish. Let a goddess do the same. Let a goddess choose a mortal for her lover, and you set off in a fury of revenge against her as if her actions are an affront to you. And all the while, you male gods allow yourselves all kinds of liberties you deny to us females. "

― Tamara Agha-Jaffar , Unsung Odysseys

12 " The last week hadn’t been any better, come to think of it. On Monday they arrived at Gorda, just to find that the cargo of electronics he was to ship to Beowulf had been taken by another freighter for a lower fee. It took him until Wednesday before he found another cargo – which had to reach Earth by Saturday. The last straw was when his crew mutinied a day out of the Hermes system and demanded a pay increase. The union tended to call that sort of thing “collective bargaining”, not actually mutiny, but hey – the results are the same. He tended to favor the term “piracy”, but this wasn’t the high seas and out here, there were real pirates to worry about. His former crew had also wanted more time off and a better cook – at least one who knew how which end of a frying pan to hold. He was unable to comply, and so was forced to stop at Beowulf anyway. That was the last time he saw them. Fortunately for him, Weaver, Fuller and Jang opted to stay with him. Whether it was out of loyalty, or perhaps just convenience, he never knew. "

― Christina Engela , Blachart

13 " I circle around them, my sword pointed in their direction. " Hermes Trismegistus. Ostanes the Persian. Olympiodorous of Thebes---" I stop, feeling like an idiot. These necromancers and the ridiculous names they give themselves. They're always trying to outdo one another. " You five," I said instead. " By the authority of King Malcolm of Anglia, I am commanded to arrest you for the crime of witchcraft. "

14 " Annabeth frowned. " That doesn't make sense. But why were you visiting --" Her eyes widened. " Hermes said you bear the curse of Achilles. Hestia said the same thing. Did you . . . did you bathe in the River Styx?" " Don't change the subject." " Percy! Did you or not?" " Um . . .maybe a little. "

15 " George unhinged his jaw and coughed up a little plastic bottle filled with chewable vitamins." You're kidding," I said. " Are those Minotaur-shaped?" Hermes picked up the bottle and rattled it. " The lemon ones, yes. The grape ones are Furies, I think. Or are they hydras? At any rate, these are potent." "

16 " Percy Jackson," Hermes said, " because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands of the Fates now. But you will never speak to me like that again. You have no idea how much I have sacrificed, how much—" His voice broke, and he shrank back to human size. " My son, my greatest pride . . . my poor May . . ." He sounded so devastated I didn't know what to say. One minute he was ready to vaporize us. Now he looked like he needed a hug. "

17 " Hermes's shoulders sagged. " They'll try, Percy. Oh, we'll all try to keep our promise. And maybe for a while things will get better. But we gods have never been good at keeping oaths. You were born because of a broken promise, eh? Eventually we'll become forgetful. We always do." " You can change." Hermes laughed. " After three thousand years, you think the gods can change their nature?" " Yeah," I said. " I do. "

18 " Hekate smacked the mirror down. " I'd never fancy you," she retorted to Hermes. " And if you ever try to kiss me, I'll--I'll keep a snake hidden in my clothes and make it bite you. On the lips. And on both ears." " See, your threats are still age twelve," Hermes said. " I'll help you work on that. "

19 " So many of us define ourselves by what we have what we wear what kind of house we live in and what kind of car we drive ... if you think of yourself as the woman in the Cartier watch and the Hermes scarf a house fire will destroy not only your possessions but your self. "