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“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Jollity and gloom were contending for an empire.”
― The Maypole of Merry Mount
― The Maypole of Merry Mount
“Pete. A word.”
― All the Young Dudes
― All the Young Dudes
“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.”
― Circe
― Circe
“When he was gone, would I be like Achilles, wailing over his lost lover Patroclus? I tried to picture myself running up and down the beaches, tearing at my hair, cradling some scrap of old tunic he had left behind. Crying out for the loss of half my soul.
I could not see it. That knowledge brought its own sort of pain.”
― Circe
I could not see it. That knowledge brought its own sort of pain.”
― Circe
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