This makes the madmen who have made men mad
By their contagion,—Conquerors and Kings,
Founders of sects and systems, to whom add
Sophists, Bards, Statesmen, all unquiet things
Which stir too strongly the soul’s secret springs,
And are themselves the fools to those they fool;
Envied, yet how unenviable! what stings
Are theirs! One breast laid open
The nude female body was a sign to medieval eyes of women's lasciviousness and of how susceptible they were to demonic temptation…
…These first victims of the drive against witchcraft were all accused of using their magical powers to manipulate men. Their convictions were part of an increasingly misogynistic view of women as either chaste and saintly paragons in courtly romances or evil seductresses using sex to cheat and exploit men. Depictions of naked women were often linked to demonic
power.
She probably didn’t realize he had matched the structure of his back dragon tattoo to match her back scars, from one hip to one shoulder. If anyone looked at their naked backs together, they would see symmetry— a dragon breathing fire across her back in mirrored structure, side by side.
“Herkes sıkılıyor. Doğa size açıklandı ve sıkıldınız. Yaşayan beden size açıklandı ve sıkıldınız. Evren size açıklandı ve bundan da sıkıldınız. Şimdi sadece ucuz heyecanlar istiyorsunuz bunlardan bol bol istiyorsunuz ve yeni oldukları sürece ne kadar adi saçma oldukları fark etmiyor.”
“We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness. All of the things that Shadow had done in his life of which he was not proud, all the things he wished he had done otherwise or left undone, came at him then in a swirling storm of guilt and regret and shame, and he had nowhere to hide from them. He was as naked and as open as a corpse on a table, and dark Anubis the jackal god was his prosector and his prosecutor and his persecutor.”
“Wait, do I not need shoes?” I ask, looking down at my bare feet. The grass stains from last night have mysteriously disappeared. I glance towards Emrys’s naked feet before meeting his amused eyes.
“There’s no need for shoes in my realm.”
That’s the most wonderful thing I’ve heard in my entire life.