Nick Drake (poet): Quotes about the world

“My dear friend, the world is really one vast marketplace. No one cares where a man is from as long as he has gold in his pocket, or something you want.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Ch 17
The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)
Context: My dear friend, the world is really one vast marketplace. No one cares where a man is from as long as he has gold in his pocket, or something you want. And the remarkable thing is this: the wars have only encouraged demand, trade has actually boomed in these difficult years. The ships are full, everyone is happy. War and politics are irrelevant, unless the great flow of trade is disturbed.

World

“For a world with so much sun we live in a dark place, in a dark time.”

Nick Drake (poet)

ibid
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun

World , Time , Sun

“It would be another day ruled by this world’s new gods: gold and power.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Source: The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), Ch. 1

God , World

“I am against change. It is overrated. It improves nothing,’ said Hor.
‘Come now, that is an absurd opinion, and goes against all sense. It is merely a sign of age, for as we get older, so we believe the world gets worse, manners decline, standards of ethics and knowledge are eroded—’ said Nakht.”

Nick Drake (poet)

ibid
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun