“She mustn't mar her lovely face with tears”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.”
― A Happy Death
― A Happy Death
“Today I feel nothing but anguish, tedium, and sadness. It is simply that kind of day.”
― Poor Folk and Other Stories
― Poor Folk and Other Stories
“When night falls and the world lies lost in sleep,
I take to my bed, my heart throbbing, about to break,
anxieties swarming, piercing—I may go mad with grief.”
― The Odyssey
I take to my bed, my heart throbbing, about to break,
anxieties swarming, piercing—I may go mad with grief.”
― The Odyssey
“Maybe that's why you demonised them,
turned them into monsters,
because you think monsters are easier
to understand than women who say no to you.”
― Great Goddesses - Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters
turned them into monsters,
because you think monsters are easier
to understand than women who say no to you.”
― Great Goddesses - Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters
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