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Ancient Evenings QUOTES

Ancient Evenings QUOTES

1 " We sail across dominions barely seen, washed by the swells of time. We plow through fields of magnetism. Past and future come together on thunderheads and our dead hearts live with lightning in the wounds of the Gods. "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings

2 " Was it an hour, or a week before the light of the moon rose in the interior of my body? A bird with luminous wings flew in front of that full moon, and its head was as radiant as a point of light. That bird must be the Khu--this sweet bird of the night--a creature of divine intelligence loaned to us just so much as the Ren or the Sekhem. Yes, the Khu was a light in your mind while you lived, but in death, it must return to heaven. For the Khu was also eternal. "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings

3 " I must purchase this eunuch from You," she said to Ptah-nem-hotep, Who smiled agreeably. "Are they not delightful?" He asked, and looked at the dark bodies of these five slaves with the same love I had seen my great-grandfather give to a team of matched horses or twin bulls, and indeed, since the slave wore nothing, one could see not only their plump and muscular haunches, but the shiny stump where their testicles had been and this gave them a nice resemblance to geldings. "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings

4 " In its true exchange, one cannot gain a great deal unless one is willing to dare losing all. "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings

5 " Our minds race ahead of us and summon strangers. "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings

6 " There is no loneliness, I decided then, that is worse than being ignorant of the worth of your soul. "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings

7 " For what is a curse but an unfair theft of strength. (Whatever is attempted in the way of improving your position brings back less than the effort exerted.) "

― Norman Mailer , Ancient Evenings