“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
“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
“It occurs to me that if I kill him, I can finally stop thinking about him. If I kill him, I won't have to feel like this anymore.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
“Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
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