Gilgamesh Herbert Mason Quotes & Sayings

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

He entered the city asked a blind man if he had ever heard the name Enkidu, and the old man shrugged and shook his head, then turned away, as if to say, 'It is impossible to keep the names of friends whom we have lost — Herbert Mason

You have known, O Gilgamesh,
What interests me,
To drink from the Well of Immortality.
Which means to make the dead
Rise from their graves
And the prisoners from their cells
The sinners from their sins.
I think love's kiss kills our heart of flesh.
It is the only way to eternal life,
Which should be unbearable if lived
Among the dying flowers
And the shrieking farewells
Of the overstretched arms of our spoiled hopes. — Herbert Mason

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