Mauri

“She watched as Poseidon chased one giant right off the plain and into the sea. Athene rolled her eyes. What kind of idiot tried to evade Poseidon by running into the sea?”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“Power is something you can control,’ Sthenno said. ‘Medusa can turn anything to stone, yes. But she can’t not do it, if she doesn’t want to.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“He thinks anyone who is not like him is a monster: have you noticed? And any monster needs killing.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“No sea god would want to feel so weakened. A shudder ran through Sthenno as she thought of what she had lost: the sweet sense of owning herself and her feelings, of having no concerns at all, or only the very mildest kind. All of this was gone, exchanged without warning for a cold, gripping panic whenever a child stumbled or hid or cried. This, she knew, was love. And she felt it even though she did not want it.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind: Medusa's Story