"It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought—that is to be educated. "
— Edith Hamilton

"All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet"
— Edith Hamilton

"Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. (Pyramus and Thisbe)"
— Edith Hamilton (Mythology)

"He drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek and make Hell grant what Love did seek. "
— Edith Hamilton (Mythology)

"Love and the Soul (for that is what Psyche means) had sought and, after sore trials, found each other; and that union could never be broken. (Cupid and Psyche)"
— Edith Hamilton (Mythology)

"The dogmatisms of each age wear out. Statements of absolute truth grow thin, show gaps, are discarded. The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next."
— Edith Hamilton (The Greek Way)