While my eyes had been clouded, and all those hand were about me, I had fancied I know not what, some happiness, drawn by my victory as a moth flies to the torch. But the faces were all the same.
Sayfa 83 - Vintage Books – September, 1975Kitabı yarım bıraktı
dude just invented monotheism
Now dawn unfolded a wing of flame, but Helios was still beneath the sea. All things looked light and incorporeal and the world was still. I thought I would pray before going, but did not know which altar to turn to; for the gods seemed everywhere, all saying the same word to me, as if they had been not twelve but one. I felt I had seen a mystery, yet knew not what. I was happy. Wishing to pray all gods alike, I stood where I was and lifted my hands to the sky.
Sayfa 17 - Vintage Books – September, 1975Kitabı yarım bıraktı