Kimberly L.

“I’m wondering if you still think of her as a monster. I suppose it depends on what you think that word means. Monsters are, what? Ugly? Terrifying? Gorgons are both these things, certainly, although Medusa wasn’t always. Can a monster be beautiful if it is still terrifying? Perhaps it depends on how you experience fear and judge beauty.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“You shouldn't be trying to survive this world; you should be trying to destroy it.'
'That's not quite something I can achieve in an afternoon.”
― Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

“Why would anyone love a monster?' asked Perseus.
'Who are you to decide who is worthy of love?' said Hermes.
'I mean, I wasn't...'
'And who are you to decide who is a monster?' added the messenger god.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind: Medusa's Story

“No doesn't need an excuse, Persephone.”
― Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen