Gorgon Quotes

“War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

“Stand your ground!" Stheno yelled. "I've got free samples!”
― Rick Riordan

“She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible that you couldn't survive even looking at it.

Until I got a little older and I figured out the obvious answer.

Everything.”
― Mike Carey & Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

“It is also the irrational instinct of religionism, the vague yearning for something to worship—a reflection or shadow of the true devotional principle—which prompts men to project a subjective image of the lower, personal mind, and to endow it with human attributes, and then to claim to receive "revelations" from it; and this—the image of the Beast, or unspiritual mind,—is their anthropomorphic God, a fabulous monster the worship of which has ever prompted men to fanaticism and persecution, and has inflicted untold misery and dread upon the masses of mankind, as well as physical torture and death in hideous forms upon the many martyrs who have refused to bend the knee to this Gorgonean phantom of the beast-mind of man. Truly, where the worshipers of this image of the Beast predominate, the man whose brow and hand are unbranded by this superstition, who neither thinks nor acts in accordance with it, suffers ostracism if not virulent persecution.”
― James Morgan Pryse, The Apocalypse Unsealed

“In ancient times, the Gorgon Medusa lived on the far side of Oceanus in the land of Night. She was an awesome dragonlike creature with bronze claws, great golden wings, and fierce eyes that turned her beholder to stone. At one time she had been a beautiful young woman who filled the world with joy, not death, but in a moment of foolish pride she had compared herself to Athena. Such arrogance enraged the noble goddess, and in revenge she turned Medusa's lush hair into a tangle of vile, hissing snakes. From that moment on, Medusa's stare brought the stillness of death to anyone who dared look into her eyes.
Meanwhile Polydectes, King of Seriphos, wanted to destroy Perseus, so he sent him off to bring back Medusa's head, knowing that her gaze would kill the young hero. But Athena heard the king's command. Still angry with Medusa, she gave Perseus her bronze shield to defend himself when he attacked the Gorgon. Holding the shield as a mirror, Perseus saw only Medusa's reflection, and her deadly stare did not harm him. He cut off her head and put it into a cloth bag, then flew away with the aid of a pair of winged sandals given to him by Hermes.
As Perseus soared over the African desert, blood seeped through the bag and fell to the hot sands below. As each drop hit the scorching ground, it turned to steam, and the rising vapors transformed into three dangerously beautiful nymphs.”
― Lynne Ewing, The Choice

“With her magic, and a new method of medicine called science, practiced by the Brotherhood of Moe, Cornelius meant to become immortal. But it came at a price – life would have to feed his immortality.”
― Alexandra Casavant, Vile The Gorgon

“On the topic of drinking and jollying, I would like to congratulate you on the birth of your new child…” A sinister smile crossed his face.
His words struck a nerve within the king and queen, which might as well have been his intention.
“Our twins, you mean. Two lovely girls,” Mary clarified.
“Apologies. My mistake,” the old man chuckled. “That’s wonderful news. Twins – twice the fun. I will definitely drink to that.”
― Alexandra Casavant, Vile The Gorgon

“Yes, I know. You feel it too.” The bearded man inhaled deeply, not minding the stench of the beast before him. “Can you sense it? Smell it?” he asked, but he knew the beast couldn’t speak. “Tis the season, my dear. A new sacrifice awaits”
― Alexandra Casavant, Vile The Gorgon

“The queen of Aeris journeyed for three days through snowy plains before she reached a bridge that led to the mouth of the Mountain of Ash over a river of molten rock”
― Alexandra Casavant, Vile The Gorgon

“Athena placed the apotropaic image of Medusa's severed head on her aegis or breastplate and on Zeus's shield. Other gorgoneia (images of Medusa's head) were installed on temples and other places to benefit from her protection, even after death. Ironically, gorgoneia were placed on heroes' shields, armor, and chariots to protect the Greek warriors engaged in destroying all threats to the new social order, including her own.”
― Joan Marler, Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom

“He choked back a laugh. "How can you make me smile when I feel like I've been struck by a meteor?”
― Amanda Bouchet, A Curse of Queens