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“The stories of Perseus did not allow for a Medusa with a story of her own.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“I would be Medusa, if it came to it, I resolved. If the gods held me accountable one day for the sins of someone else, if they came for me to punish a man’s actions, I would not hide away like Pasiphae. I would wear that coronet of snakes, and the world would shrink from me instead.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“It was the women, always the women, be they helpless serving girls or princesses, who paid the price.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“You told me once that one lifetime of human love was worth the loss.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“What I did not know was that I had hit upon a truth of womanhood: However blameless the life we lead, the passions and the greed of men could bring us to ruin, and there was nothing we could do.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
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