Rose

“Human lives are based on pain. But to have a few moments of happiness, lightning tearing the darkness of the sky, that is worth it.”
― Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra

“You are wise,” he said.

“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe