ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ Maddy Bear

“You have scars, but they don't have you." I'm not sure if either of us is breathing anymore. "And you, Riley fucking Kelly, are beautiful in a way that'd make the constellations weep.”
― Sav R. Miller, Vipers and Virtuosos

“You are a stunning abyss of a creature," I tell her.
"One that I could spend eons swimming in and never get to the bottom of.”
― Karina Halle, A Ship of Bones and Teeth

“When Poseidon pinned her
To the temple stones, her voice
Flared like pyre-wood,
Faded like smoke.

‘As Perseus bore down upon her
She bestrode the pitted ground;
The snakes that writhed from her head
Cried mercy of the clouds.

‘From her neck, Pegasus sprang –
The white horse spread his wings,
And bore her name through Greece
Swooping to Cretan shores.

‘Her blood birthed the corals
Of the Red Sea – sharp as tongues.
O Hera, grant Medusa
Her legacy: woman, monster, might!”
― Elyse John, Orphia and Eurydicius

“Stay with me,” he whispers. “Don’t go back to the deep. Stay with me at the surface. With the sun and the moon and the stars.”
― Karina Halle, A Ship of Bones and Teeth