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“Perhaps it is the human imagination that is the monster,’ he said. ‘I believe no animal suffers from the torments of the imagination. Only man…’
‘The imagination is capable of enacting the very best in us, and the very worst,’ agreed Hor, ‘and I know what mine would like to do to some people.’
‘Your verse is torment enough,’ quipped the architect.
‘And that is why civilized life, morality, ethics and so on, matter. We are half-enlightened, and half-monstrous,’ said Nakht assertively. ‘We must build our civility upon reason and mutual benefit.’
Sobek raised his cup.
‘I salute your reason. I wish it every success.”

Nick Drake (poet)

ibid
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun

Life , People , Imagination , Suffering

“Cruelty, rage, grief — and something others carelessly name evil — can reduce the strange collation of profanity and beauty which makes up each of us to an inanimate lump of decaying meat.”

Nick Drake (poet)

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

Beauty , Rage , Evil

“Perhaps our childhoods are buried inside all of us. Perhaps they set the pattern for our futures,’ I suggested.
‘In that case I am doomed by mine,’ she said without self-pity.
‘Perhaps not, for you are aware of it,’ I said.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Ch 18
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun

Future , Childhood

“Fear, that unknowable and all-powerful enemy, has invaded us all, like a secret army of shadows.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Ch 2
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun

Secret , Fear

“Fear is a powerful enemy, but a useful friend.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Ch 6
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun

Fear

“We need strong, educated women to help us build a better world.”

Nick Drake (poet)

Ch 6
The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)

Women , World , Education , Strong

“The tale survives of two men
Who fell in love "at first sight";
Who shared everything
In unbounded intimacy
Including the pillow
And the red embroidered coverlet
Which had been in the family
For generations.
Whether they had bad days,
Domestic arguments
Or inappropriate dreams
We do not know –
No doubt such burrs
Were worked away by time
Polishing its story;
How they found each other
And lived together all their lives,
And died on the same day,
And were buried by the grieving town
On Mount Luofo's peak
With their pillow and red coverlet;
And a pine tree grew
Out of the grave
Like the character for longevity
And true love.Such is the legend.
I like to think of them,
Pan Zhang and Wang Zhangxian,
In the crowd of well-wishers
Waiting in the April sunshine,
Yes, under white cherry trees
In full bloom, for us
Here and now, on this day
Early in the century,
In our very best suits and ties,
With our new rings
Growing warm on our fingers
Like keepsakes of light
Saved from the stars.”

Nick Drake (poet)

From the Song Dynasty

Love , Men , Family , Dreams

“I dislike talk of the Gods, who taunt us with their promises, and whose disappointments we must always accept.”

Nick Drake (poet)

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

God , Disappointment