“When they launch snakes you'll have your namesake.”

“When you know that the snake is in you – that's wisdom.”

Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology

“Huge as the snakes that armed the Giants when they stormed heaven, or as the hydra that wearied Hercules by the waters of Lerna, or as Juno's snake that guarded the boughs with golden foliage.”
Quantis armati caelum petiere Gigantes anguibus, aut quantus Lernae lassavit in undis Amphitryoniaden serpens, qualisque comantis auro servauit ramos Junonius anguis.

Silius Italicus Punica

“She said: "I get scared when my eye blinks. Scared that during that second when my gaze is switched off, a snake or a rat or another man could slip into your place."”

Milan Kundera book Identity

“When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.”

Stacy Schiff (1961) American female Author, Pulitzer Prize winner

“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

“For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake”

Salman Rushdie book Midnight's Children

“The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.”

Terry Pratchett book Lords and Ladies

“If you don’t look for snakes, you cannot complain when one bites you.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“One school of thought says that the best way to handle an issue like this is exposure therapy," Mad Rogan said. "For example, if you're terrified of snakes, repeated handling of them will cure it."
Aha. "I'm not handling your snake.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo