"The Irish believed that gods, druids, poets, and others in touch with the magical world could be literal shape-shifters"

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Source : Thomas Cahill (2010). “How the Irish Saved Civilization”, p.129, Anchor

Thomas Cahill

#Shapes Quotes #World Quotes #Poet Quotes

“The notion that the great artist requires a great patron has been around since the Pharaohs. That the born patron also needs an artist to patronize is a less-studied phenomenon.”
“Better late than never."-Dork Diaries”
“Many a healthy reaction has proved fatal.”
“Any girl who has flown at all grows used to the prejudice of most men pilots who will trot out any number of reasons why women can't possibly be good pilots. . . . The only way to show the disbelievers, the snickering hangar pilots, is to show them.”
“Thank goodness my education was neglected.”
“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.”
“I think that there are many different ways of getting and staying sober. Like religion, I just don't think that one way is the only way.”
“Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is.”

Source : George Steiner (1987). “George Steiner: A Reader”, p.398, Oxford University Press on Demand

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