Beautiful and utterly captivating. The love and yearning in every word in every poem is so visceral, it felt like my heart was laid out upon the tableBeautiful and utterly captivating. The love and yearning in every word in every poem is so visceral, it felt like my heart was laid out upon the table to be feasted on. I couldn't look away....more
A favorite that touched something so deeply within me, it's a pity this epic only came to me less than a year ago. Perhaps, it came to me at just the A favorite that touched something so deeply within me, it's a pity this epic only came to me less than a year ago. Perhaps, it came to me at just the right time. Sometimes, it feels like I've known this epic my entire life. The Epic of Gilgamesh is something I understood immediately upon reading.
There's something so beautiful that this epic, one of the earliest literary work known to men, feels like a reflection of my soul. Even now, no matter how many times I've read Gilgamesh, I still don't have the words to describe how much it means to me, how deeply it spoke to me.
The Epic of Gilgamesh told me many things about myself. I knew this book on a spiritual level. It is a personal testimony, and it is alive within me....more
I was deeply touched by this book. Deeply hurt. I understood Judas the same way I would a dagger to my chest. I've read this so many times, and it conI was deeply touched by this book. Deeply hurt. I understood Judas the same way I would a dagger to my chest. I've read this so many times, and it continues to hurt the same way it did the first time. Religion hasn't been kind, and this book doesn't heal any hurts - it simply laid them out to me in the rawest ways. A book I will always keep close to my heart....more
In awe from the first line until the last, and couldn't look away... It felt like I was stopping by the side of the road to witness a car crash, not tIn awe from the first line until the last, and couldn't look away... It felt like I was stopping by the side of the road to witness a car crash, not to help but to watch it happen. I was magnetised, I was troubled, I was deeply moved......more
