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“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.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Death is the only promise we all keep.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“It has footnotes. What kind of wanker writes a novel with footnotes?”
― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn

“the art of telling a good story lies in knowing when to stop. Keep talking long enough, you’ll find there’s no such thing as a happy ending.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave