Helios Quotes

“He liked the way the obsidian reflected his light, the way its slick surfaces caught fire as he passed. Of course, he did not consider how black it would be when he was gone. My father has never been able to imagine the world without himself in it.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Odysseus had told me once that half of a duel is maneuvering around the sun, trying to get the light to stab at your enemy's eyes. But I was the blood of Helios, and no light could blind me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

“Sentinels of trees
breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh
As their mighty arms reach to the stars
we join in their quest for Helios’s mighty power
Like sentinels, we seek our place
in the forest of nature’s gentle breath”
― Ramon Ravenswood, Twilight Zone Encounters

“I will not be like a bird bred in a cage, I thought, too dull to fly even when the door stands open.
I stepped into those woods and my life began.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“And that is the least of my powers.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I would like to say that all the while I waited to break out, but the truth is, I'm afraid I might have floated on, believing the dull miseries were all there was, until the end of days.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I had stood beside my father's light, I had held Aeetes in my arms, and my bed was heaped with thick-woolled blankets woven by immortal hands. But it was not until that moment that I think I had ever been warm.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe