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Herbert Mason quotes: As when we can recall so vividlyWe almost touch,Or think of all the gestures that we failedTo make.

As when we can recall so vividly
We almost touch,
Or think of all the gestures that we failed
To make.

Herbert Mason quotes: Even the godsCowered like dogs at what they had done.

Even the gods
Cowered like dogs at what they had done.

Herbert Mason quotes: He imagined the gazelles raising the dry dustLike soft brush floating on the crests of sand.

He imagined the gazelles raising the dry dust
Like soft brush floating on the crests of sand.

Herbert Mason quotes: As if some faces could be doorways inTo life one has an image ofBut never sees. The vista wasA strange and beautifulRelease

As if some faces could be doorways in
To life one has an image of
But never sees. The vista was
A strange and beautiful
Release

Herbert Mason quotes: Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together.

Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together.

Herbert Mason quotes: They fell like wolvesAt each other's throats,Like bulls bellowing,And horses gasping for breathThat have run all day.

They fell like wolves
At each other's throats,
Like bulls bellowing,
And horses gasping for breath
That have run all day.

Herbert Mason quotes: Don't moralize at me! I have no loveFor images, old gods, prophetic words.I want to talk to Utnapishtim!Tell me how.

Don't moralize at me! I have no love
For images, old gods, prophetic words.
I want to talk to Utnapishtim!
Tell me how.

Herbert Mason quotes: [Humbaba's] sound is like a flood's sound Slowly forming in the distance,Then enveloping all other sounds

[Humbaba's] sound is like a flood's sound
Slowly forming in the distance,
Then enveloping all other sounds

Herbert Mason quotes: You are a human being now, not like them [the animals].

You are a human being now, not like them [the animals].

Herbert Mason quotes: But my hand was too small to do the gathering. [Epic of Gilgamesh, p. 79]

But my hand was too small to do the gathering. [Epic of Gilgamesh, p. 79]