Re: Quotes you would consider for your signature
Reply #429 - September 02, 2010, 03:29 AM
'The ancient Egyptians maintained that their god Thoth, who had the head of an ibis, taught them how to write. Thoth boasted to the other celestial deities of his gift, whereupon they giggled rudely. The sun god Ra asked what Thoth's purpose had been. "Why," croaked the ibis-headed one, "to help men remember things!" Ra roared with laughter. "You," he said, pointing to Thoth, "have given human beings the means to forget everything they know. They won't need to remember anymore. They'll simply note things down, like idiots without a thought or care." '
- The Universal Myths, Alexander Eliot
At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens