“ For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one. Homer
“ And when long years and seasons wheeling brought around that point of time ordained for him to make his passage homeward, trials and dangers, even so, attended him even in Ithaca, near those he loved. Homer
“ Where we sail and anchor our heart fill up the multitude odyssey paving to the coming home of our soul. Angelica Hopes
“ As you set out on your journey to Ithaca,pray that your journey be a long one,filled with adventure, filled with discovery.Laestrygonians and Cyclopes,the angry Poseidon--do not fear them:you'll never… Barry B. Powell
“ The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law? Bernhard Schlink
“ Renunciation isn't a moral imperative or a form of self-denial. It's simply cooperation with the way things are: for moments do pass away, one after the other. Resisting this natural unfolding doesn't… Norman Fischer
“ You cruel, hard-hearted gods!” I flung the goblet in his direction. Hermes barely had time to dart out of its way before it hit the wall and shattered to small pieces. “You’re all the same! Hsst! Jeal… Tamara Agha-Jaffar
“ In a time of disorder [Laertes] has returned to the care of the earth, the foundation of life and hope. And Odysseus finds him in an act emblematic of the best and most responsible kind of agriculture… Wendell Berry
