Joanna

“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Every passage is one of blood, little girl. Birth and death, you are torn apart and re-created.”
― Jordanna Max Brodsky, The Wolf in the Whale

“I think; therefore, I feel.
I feel; therefore, I need.”
― Dean Koontz, Demon Seed