Lark

“Will you bear my child?" he asked me.
I laughed at him. "No, never and never.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I asked her how she did it once, how she understood the world so clearly. She told me that it was a matter of keeping very still and showing no emotions, leaving room for others to reveal themselves.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Less than a month we had spent together, yet he seemed to know me better than anyone who had ever walked the world.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Sometimes, you must be content with ignorance.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe