“The Goddess”
“In her shone the heat of not merely a unitary sun, but of all the stars combined. From her radiated the heat not of a single lava flow, but of all volcanoes combined. About her spread the love not of a solitary wife, but of every wife, mother, and lover who had ever existed. Her beauty was not that of a woman but of Women. Her charm could not be constrained by a personality; it encompassed all Being. In her lay that ultimate paradox: Infinite Potential unmanifested. One got the idea that she could have, with a swipe of her hand, spread new galaxies across the heavens; but her hand stayed still. Her smile could have caused the demons in hell themselves to grin; but her lips remained straight. Her eyes might have burnt a channel clear through the core of the planet; but she held them in check.”