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“Mankind may boast its delicious dainties, but what can best the pleasure of mountain monkeys.”

Book:Journey to the West

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Journey to the West

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Wu Cheng'en

Wu Cheng'en was a renowned Ming Dynasty novelist, best known for his masterpiece 'Journey to the West'. His works hold significant literary and historical value, profoundly influencing later literary creation. more

“When Zeus[Jupiter]first saw Aphrodite[Venus]& Aphrodite thus first saw Zeus, it was love at first sight.Naturally. Since Zeus was the King of the Gods, who loved all beautiful Goddesses.And Aphrodite was the Goddess of Love, the most beautiful & lovely of all the Goddesses.But love was all they had in common.”

Classical Mythology

Book:The Milesian and Malesian Tales

Source: The Milesian and Malesian Tales

“Hera also slept well that night as she had brilliantly engineered the coup of her life.Her wayward husband had returned late that evening & announced that he was too tired to make love.He had had a most entangling day,he said, performing his kingly duties.She then told him to have a good night`s rest as she had an important job for him to perform in the morning.It was a job demanded by Chaos & Eros who were responsible for the beginning of things, she said.”

Classical Mythology

Author:Nicholas Chong

“He was the King of the Gods & could have anything he wanted, but only in theory. Whilst in actual fact, he was the only God who could not have everything he wanted.He had to work hard, since the responsibilities of his office laid heavily on his shoulders.And he could not even play hard, as his jealous wife, Hera, had eyes everywhere.She even had the terrible Argos with the hundred eyes in her service.”

Classical Mythology

Author:Nicholas Chong

“And thus, having been assured by Themis, the mother of the Fates,that it was fated that she & the God of War should meet, Aphrodite, with downcast eyes,informed the Goddess of Oracles, Rites & Laws that she would be happy to accept Ares` challenge, adding that she thought that Mars sounded better than Ares & that she would prefer to call him Mars if he would call her Venus.”

Classical Mythology

Author:Nicholas Chong

“And thus Epimetheus took the lovely Pandora to wife in spite of the warning of his brother, Prometheus, then in the Caucasus, to beware of the Gods bearing gifts.”

Classical Mythology

Author:Nicholas Chong

“Then Pandora bade Epimetheus to touch her breasts,as her heart palpitated excitedly beneath her chest, & invited him to fondle her nipples which were firm & turgid.And she then held his quaking hand in hers & took it & placed it over her pubic hair. And she set herself down & opened her thighs wide to allow him to examine her crotch.And she challenged him to find a little cup dripping with Nectar that she hid within the folds of her crotch.”

Classical Mythology

Author:Nicholas Chong

“At that point, Hermes asked Epimetheus if he was satisfied that whatever had been delivered was in good order & Epimetheus said that he was satisfied but wished that Pandora was also equipped with wings or wheels so that his problems of transportation would also be alleviated. As that sounded like an impertinent remark , Hermes left without answering him.”

Classical Mythology

Author:Nicholas Chong

“History is the highest form of narrative. I could not have invented what had happened, so I mostly stuck to the truth.”

Mystery Novels Cyprus Mithras

Book:Divine

Source: Divine

“By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle.”

Richard Hannay

Book:The 39 Steps

Source: The 39 Steps

“All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like this. I don't know if I can explain myself, but I used to use my brains as far as they went, and after they came to a blank wall I guessed, and I usually found my guesses pretty right.”

Sherlock Holmes Richard Hannay

Book:The 39 Steps

Source: The 39 Steps

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