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“I felt the currents move. The grains of sand whispered against each other. His wings were lifting. The darkness around us shimmered with clouds of his gilded blood. Beneath my feet were the bones of a thousand years. I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer.
Then, child, make another.”
― Circe
Then, child, make another.”
― Circe
“Later, years later, I would hear a song made of our meeting. [...] I was not surprised by the portrait of myself: the proud witch undone before the hero's sword, kneeling and begging for mercy. Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep.”
― Circe
― Circe
“You have always been the worst of my children," he said. "Be sure not to dishonor me."
"I have a better idea. I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out.”
― Circe
"I have a better idea. I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out.”
― Circe
“Timidity creates nothing.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Ariadne’s light feet crossed and recrossed the circle. Every step was perfect, like a gift she gave herself, and she smiled, receiving it. I wanted to seize her by the shoulders. Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head.
I said nothing, and let her dance.”
― Circe
I said nothing, and let her dance.”
― Circe
siridolfen’s 2024 Year in Books
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Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Romance, Science fiction, Thriller, and Young-adult
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